Day 415: 2011年9月13日

Potosi to Sucre (Hostal Pachamama)
41,085km

今日は朝からお腹の調子が悪いです。昨日の昼飯のチュレータか夕飯のスペア・リブが中ったか??
こういう場合は朝飯を食べずにコカコーラを飲みます。コーラの炭酸が悪い菌を殺菌してくれるのです。

原サイクルのWナベさんから返信が有りました。オイルの分量と粘度について解答を頂きました。ありがとうございます!!　これで作業に取り掛かれます。








9時になったので「Motoservi」へ。ESAが付いているのでショックからバネを取るのに苦労。特別な「工具」を一から作ります。流石ボリビア。なんだかんだで「工具」が出来たのは11時半ごろ。それからショックからバネを取り出す作業に入ります。







ショックの下部を外すには大きなスパナが必要ですが、丁度あうサイズが無いのでこれも工夫して外します。しかし傷が付いてしまいました・・・。

ESAも取り外し（バネが外れると自然に下に抜けます）、ハイメさんがシリンダーの「注意」を読むと、「これ窒素ガス入ってるね。難しい作業になるよ。」と。あれ昨日このショックにはガス入ってるって言ったじゃん。

とりあえず昼休みなので午後また戻ってくることに。

4時ごろ「Motoservi」に戻ったらハイメさんは出かけてました。しばらくしたら戻ってきて、「ガスを注入するにはシリンダー上部にバルブをつけてやるしかないね。」と。うーん、あんまりいい考えではありませんね。

こうなると、チリ、サンティアゴのWilbersのディーラーまでリア・ショックを持って行き（バスで）そこでESAをWilbersのショックに取り付けてボリビアに戻ってくるか、アメリカから個人売買でESAのショックだけを購入しボリビアに送ってもらうほうがいいかも知れませんね。

宿に戻り、チリ行きを検討。他の宿泊客にバスの情報を教えてもらったり。チリに値段を問い合わせたりとやることがいろいろ。それからバス・ターミナルに行ってオルロ(Oruro)行きのバスの時間と値段を調べます。スクレからオルロ（8時間、50-60ボリ）、オルロからチリへの国境を越えてイキケ（Iquique)に行き（8時間、80ボリくらい）、更にバスを乗り換えてサンティアゴまで（25時間）行くのです。オルロ行きは午後9時か9時半出発みたいですね。

再び「Motoservi」へ行きハイメさんにチリに行き当たらしショックを購入するつもりと伝えました。ハイメさん的にも新しいショックの方がいい、との意見です。

宿に戻り再びチリに問い合わせ（値段を出してくれていないため）そうしたら、ESA用のショックはストックが無いため取り寄せるのに7日間はかかるとのこと。しｈかも値段は出してくれません。うーん、これはアメリカから個人売買でショックを購入かな。

そんなこんなで一日は暮れたのでした。


Day 415: 13 SEP 2011

Potosi to Sucre (Hostal Pachamama)
41,085km


I had a bad stomach this morning. Probably what I ate for lunch or dinner was bad.... I was suggested by another traveller to drink Coca Cola to kill bacterias, so I did. So far so god. 

I received a reply from the BMW dealer in Japan regarding theviscosity of oil and the quantity of oil should be put into te shock. The info would be classified by the shock maker "SHOWA", so I cannot write them in this blog! Thanks to my dealer! Now Jaime would be able to work on my shock.

I went to "Motoservi" around 9am. As he reckoned it would be better not to touch "ESA" unit, so he had to make special "tools" to take the spring off the shock. I was amazed the idea he came up and how he could make those "tools". It was around 11:30am when he and his staff completed making the "tools".

To take off the spring, we had to unscrew the bottom part of the shock, but there was a spanner of correct size. So they tried with something else. It was unscrewed, but they damaged the bottom part of the shock...

After taking off the spring, the ESA unit came off from the shock itself easily. Jaime read the "Warning" on the cylinder of the shock. It stated "Contains high pressued nutrogen gas". And he said it would be difficult to put nutrogen gas back...

It was already lunch time, so I went back to the hostel. 

I went back to "Motoservi" around 4pm. Jaime came back from somewhere (he was asking his friend about the shock with gas), and he said to put the gas back, he need to make a valve on the top of the cylinder. But he wasn't really happy with the idea. He reckoned if I could get a new shock, it would be better. 

So now I have a few options.
1. Ordering a brand-new shock with ESA unit from BMW Santa Cruz. It would cost US$3,600 (with 10days delivery from Germany). This option is too expensive. 
2. Going to Dantiago, Chile where Wilbers dealer located to get Wilbers WESA shock. I sent an inquiry this morning and the replacement would take just 3 hours. The issue would be I have to travel to Santiago with the original shock and come back with a new shock. It will take many days to get to Santiago and corssong the border might not be easy as I am not taking my GS out from Bolivia.
3. Ordering a brand-new BMW ESA shock (without ESA unit) from the States (buying from a private seller). This would be the cheapest option, but I am not sure how much the shipping cost and how long it wil take to be delivered in Bolivia. Also as a BMW original shock tends to have oil leak, I prefer to have an after-market shock.

I went back to the hostel and checked how long and how much will be to Santiago. It will be 3days to get there by buses and US$100 or so one way. I went to the bus terminal to check the time to Oruro, where I change to another bus to Iquique, Chile. The buses leave Sucre on 21:00 or 21:30 daily and it will take 8hours to Iquique.

I went back to "Motoservi" and told Jaime that I was considering to go to Santiago to get a new shock and will come back here. He said no problem with that. 

Back to the hostel, I received an e-mail from Wilbers Santiago. As he does not have a shock for ESA on stock, it will take 6-7days to get to Chile!! He did not mention te price again...

So now, I am considering to buy the BMW shock from the States. Just lke this, one day has gone.

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