YFX450~Banshee brake conversion

[Trapshooter]

I've read that the YFZ 450 brake caliper will bolt directly onto 90-^ spindles.

My question, is there any advantage to using 450 spindles and rotors aswell ?

 

Thanks in advance

[250rbanshee]

Unless you are gonna use the yfz a arms then I dont think there is any reason to run the yfz spindles.  The rotors are the same from what I hear.

[Trick2stroke]

The spindles are aluminum and lighter than the banshee spindles, they are a direct replacement without modification. The hubs are not interchangeable, you will have to use YFZ hubs.

 

No big advantage to switching over everything, I did simply because I had all the stuff.

[Trapshooter]

Thanks y'all

[dave5.0]

I was thinkin the tie rod location was a lil different between the two spindles? Thinkin I had to set the toe when I swapped over. Seems like bumpsteer is worse too.

[Trick2stroke]

The geometry of the spindles is different on a few levels, not sure of any downside or positive to that. I haven't ridden my bike in a long time, this build is taking ages but I've changed so many things I'd never notice a difference in bump steer from before. It's very possible.

[tb8983]

I did the complete 450 swap on my banshee, A-arms, hubs, brakes and then put raptor 700 shocks on it.  I love them and it made the banshee ride a lot smoother and not so bumpy.  The brake caliber itself on a banshee is a single piston and on the 450 it is a dual piston caliper.  I don't think I will ever ride hard enough to notice the difference in the caliper's but it was just easy to do and swap on the banshee

[Buckwheat]

I swapped calipers and could tell a difference the first time I hit the brakes.

[stink989]

Braided lines. 450 Calipers. 450 Master cylinder. Wave discs. You will love it.

 

 

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Edited March 27, 2014 by stink989

[RadarRacing]

Braided lines make a huge difference. Stock banshee fronts are horrible.

[sangheraent]

Iv never noticed a difference with braided lines. Been racing mx for a while now have run with braided and non on 4 different bikes and never noticed a difference. I did notice a huge difference between single and dual piston calipers as well as a smoother feel with wave rotors.

[trickedcarbine]

I'm about to have JD cut me some rotors with a bit more diameter so that the entire pad is used. Should make even more stopping power. Once I have the diameter I'll post it here.

[RagunCajun]

If you do the swap, you should swap everything and use SS braided lines. Main issue with stock banshee brakes is not the caliper but the stock rubber lines swelling and making them feel mushy.

Then i will make sure i get SS braided lines with my banshee brake components. Any other recommendations while it's down to the frame getting rebuilt? It will be at +3+1 as well.

[hercalmighty]

I noticed a big difference going from stock banshee calipers to yfz calipers. They had a much smoother feel and it stopped sooner with less lock up. I highly recommend the swap. I just bought calipers and a master cylinder for about 100 off of ebay.

[hercalmighty]

ragun, are you going to be running the standard 3/2 offset rims or going to 4/1 offset rims with the +3 arms?

Edited April 5, 2014 by hercalmighty