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Beware: high-speed potholes, Tijuana toll road

edm1 - 7-19-2007 at 12:59 PM

I hit a BIG pothole (one of two next to each other) in the 1st lane (right-hand) at the end of the toll road into Tijuana centro, at a speed of around 60 km/h. It broke the right-front shock mount off the frame (second time during my trip, first time same mount was welded earlier by a Mexican soldadero deep north in Baja).

So if you're taking the toll road into Tjuana, avoid the right hand lane.

[Edited on 7-19-2007 by edm1]

What a drag

CaboRon - 7-19-2007 at 03:16 PM

And it sounds as if you were going a reasonable sixty klicks ...... And on what is essentially a highway. Not good for anyone .......... CaboRon:no:

edm1 - 7-19-2007 at 05:49 PM

I was decelerating from 100km/hr getting ready to exit, then boom. I thought my solar panels on the roof broke too. Then I heard and knew it, the familiar sound of the loose shock absorber hitting the front RV floor for miles, everytime the RV bounced enough.

David K - 7-20-2007 at 09:02 AM

The Blvd. 2000 (BC 201) is the only way to go for us now... Otay Border to Popotla on Hwy. 1 (Fox Baja Studios)... Will be even better when the access to Hwy. 1-D is completed... Until then, it is a 6 mile drive on the free road to get onto (off of if going north) 1-D at Puerto Nuevo.

Roberto - 7-20-2007 at 11:13 AM

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It broke the right-front shock mount off the frame (second time during my trip, first time same mount was welded earlier by a Mexican soldadero deep north in Baja).


Suspicious, don't you think?

edm1 - 7-20-2007 at 11:48 AM

Roberto, it turned out that the Bilstein shock had frozen and was compressing less than 2 inches and no more (should be compressing more than 6 inches as it is an extended articulation offroad shock). When did it freeze, I don't know if it was after it came off the first time or after. That Puertecitos/Gonzaga drive took a heavy toll on the shocks.

The first time, it was not the(my) welding that failed; it tore the 3/16 brackets welded to the frame. This last time, the welding gave way. But the welding fix by the soldadero was better than mine, I think.


[Edited on 7-20-2007 by edm1]

edm1 - 7-20-2007 at 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by David K
The Blvd. 2000 (BC 201) is the only way to go for us now... Otay Border to Popotla on Hwy. 1 (Fox Baja Studios)... Will be even better when the access to Hwy. 1-D is completed... Until then, it is a 6 mile drive on the free road to get onto (off of if going north) 1-D at Puerto Nuevo.


David, could you please give more details about your Blvd2000 route after you come from the El rosario festival? I had a hard time finding my way around Tijuana, even with GPS.