First of all, glad you made it back and had a good trip. I'll leave the rest to those who know. Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Just completed a 4,000 mile San Diego to Brownsville, Texas roadtrip. > Mostly successful. But as I neared Yuma, AZ, on the freeway, started > feeling and hearing some rear end vibration and clatter. Pulled over to the > side, and as I slowed, the vibrations and clatter got worse, much worse. > One big "scrape" per revolution. I pulled off the freeway to a frontage > road, and crept along at 35 MPH; noise would come and go to varying > degrees. When it got worse, I slowed down; sometimes putting in reverse and > then braking hard seemed to help. > |
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