mountian goat Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 hi everyone i was just wondering why they make a 4 bolt booster and a 2 bolt booster is there any diffrence or is one for stock and one for mod. help please if you nocheers lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z o o !! Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Theres not one for mod or stock it can be for either,Why there is 4-bolt and 2-bolt is that if you frame flexs but not alot you use a 2-bolt, if your frame felxs loads you use 4-bolt, i would always go for 4-bolt as it offers alot more strength and stiffness of the frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 You cant fit a bolt booster to a frame that doesnt have 4 bolt mounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Don't fit a brake booster to a t-rex, especially if your running a grind. The frame is stiff enough already and fitting a booster actually makes the brake worse. When i used to use a booster on my frame no pads would work properly, they wroe down faster, they'd always slip and make no noise at all which isn't great for your confidence. Literally as soon as i took the booster off mid-ride last summer the same pads were loud as hell and held properly, and they seemed to stop wearing down at all so they lasted a hell of a lot longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-Addy A3 Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 HiCorrect me if i'm rong, but aren't 2 bolt boosters for the Evo2 system and 4 bolt for 4 bolt clamps. Because the Evo2 mount only attach to the frame with 2 bolts if you know what i mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txt2007 Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Don't fit a brake booster to a t-rex, especially if your running a grind. The frame is stiff enough already and fitting a booster actually makes the brake worse. When i used to use a booster on my frame no pads would work properly, they wroe down faster, they'd always slip and make no noise at all which isn't great for your confidence. Literally as soon as i took the booster off mid-ride last summer the same pads were loud as hell and held properly, and they seemed to stop wearing down at all so they lasted a hell of a lot longer.I know your a knowledge legend but i have to disagree my brakes slipped all the time in wet(ish) weather and i bought the booster because i didn't like the look of the frame being pushed out every time i pulled the lever in but after fitting a booster the original red magura pads stuck like crazy glue I'm also running a worn grind on my trex but like you said no noise but personally i hate loud brakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 I know your a knowledge legend but i have to disagree my brakes slipped all the time in wet(ish) weather and i bought the booster because i didn't like the look of the frame being pushed out every time i pulled the lever in but after fitting a booster the original red magura pads stuck like crazy glue I'm also running a worn grind on my trex but like you said no noise but personally i hate loud brakesIts not just my opinion, theres a lot of people who have found the same. With an already stiff frame, fitting a booster generally reduces pad life and hold. I have a theory as to why but its hard to explain and i'm not actually certain of it being the correct reason behind it. When i changed from a base ta26 (flexy frame) to a t-rex with 4 bolts i fitted a booster and couldn't get any pads to work at all, plazzies, cousts, joypads, koxx greens/yellows, rock blues etc. They would all slip when gapping on a flat floor which sometimes caused the bike to loop out. Removing a booster fixed all the problems i was hhaving with it.I don't know whether its the fact your running the kool stops as they're a very hard pad already, but if you try it with other pads i'd be very suprised if you didn't find the same issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txt2007 Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Maybe if you send me some free neco pads what are they like by the way, i reckon i got 4 more rides left in my old pads im gonna get either heatsink blue or snowys but debating wether to go for some of your pads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z o o !! Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Its not just my opinion, theres a lot of people who have found the same. With an already stiff frame, fitting a booster generally reduces pad life and hold. I have a theory as to why but its hard to explain and i'm not actually certain of it being the correct reason behind it. When i changed from a base ta26 (flexy frame) to a t-rex with 4 bolts i fitted a booster and couldn't get any pads to work at all, plazzies, cousts, joypads, koxx greens/yellows, rock blues etc. They would all slip when gapping on a flat floor which sometimes caused the bike to loop out. Removing a booster fixed all the problems i was hhaving with it.I don't know whether its the fact your running the kool stops as they're a very hard pad already, but if you try it with other pads i'd be very suprised if you didn't find the same issues.I have to agree with you there, today i put the first grind on my new echo rim, fitted my heatsink 4-bolt booster, and my plaz crms were cack, no bite, no hold, no noise, cleaned the rim, still nothing, i thought what the hell is going on, came in and looked on tf and found this topic, looked at what krisboats had first said and went and took my booster of my 06 python, went out the front of my house and the pads were s**t hot, all the bite you want, hold and loud as fook! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve@banbury-trials Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 when i used to use a booster all the time my grinds would be dead within a couple of weeks,but when i took the booster of it was so much better.steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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