Trapshooter Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250rbanshee Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick2stroke Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapshooter Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Thanks y'all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave5.0 Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick2stroke Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb8983 Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 I swapped calipers and could tell a difference the first time I hit the brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stink989 Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) Braided lines. 450 Calipers. 450 Master cylinder. Wave discs. You will love it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited March 27, 2014 by stink989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadarRacing Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Braided lines make a huge difference. Stock banshee fronts are horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sangheraent Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickedcarbine Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RagunCajun Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hercalmighty Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hercalmighty Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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