As we were aware that the roads in northern Romania and Moldova will be challenging, we updated our rear shocks in advance at our service stop in Austria. We knew that the weak point is the upper bolt supporting the shock at the frame. We already had one broken bolt after our Scandinavian expedition in late 2020.
This was the reason we frequently checked the status of the shocks while we travelled through Moldovia. Our last check after crossing the border from Moldova to Romania showed that both of the bolts were broken. It seems that this happend at the last section crossing Transnistria.
No problem, we have new bolts with us, but we could only replace one side because at the second shock we lost the rubber bushing.
Currently we are in communication with https://www.marquartstossdaempfer.de, to solve the issue. They support us very well. Maybe they can send the needed replacement to Istanbul, where we will arrive in some days.
Marquart sent immediately the needed spareparts with UPS to Istanbul. The parts arrived within 2 days form Germany, but the Turkish customs did not clear the parcel within another 5 days. Marquart tried their best to help, but without succes. Even our personal contact with UPS in Istanbul did not help either. We decided then to leave Istanbul without the spareparts.
On 24. of September we arrived at Samsun at the Black Sea, there we found helpful hands which did the repair of the existing shock. Thanks to “AE BOGACICI OTO” Mahmut which found a improvised solution for our problem.
