Whiteboy Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 ok well im getting a woodstock :P so i wanted a booster just to stiffen it up a bit and didnt want it to weight a ton so riped of my old one and got given this one by a very kind mate :) butchered it up bodged some spacers AND WERE AWAY!!!!!! funny thing is thought i dont notice any diffrence beetween this one over my other one :lol: even though my home jobby was twice the weight and size. ohh well it works and seetin up the brake now is a dream. just thought i would share... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Get some proper bolts you dodgy b*****d :lol:. Looks purple though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 well purply pinky lol. i prefer these bolts over allen keys as there much easeir and less prone to rounding.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishwog Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Nice one geezaaaaaaa, well done. Anal : Agreed, dodgy as fook bolts dude :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 dont see whats wrong with the bolts? they are strong and are not as easy to round the heads on as allen key bolts (well for me anyway) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I had to run flat-head screw bolts once. It felt like the world was against me. I don't know how you can do 'em up enough, mine were wholesale wank. Was immensely relieved to get some allen bolts back. As long as you keep enough pressure going down the allen key into the head of the bolt whilst applying turny-turny pressure you're pretty much sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 i find it easy enought to get preasure i have a weirdo ratcherty screw driver tool that i can turn the handel at 90degree to give more leveradge well i did but left it on the train today :lol: but a normal screwdriver seems to work fine. brakes have never moved int the 3 weeks i been using these bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Get some decent allen bolts and a decent allen key and you will never round bolts :lol: You simply cant get enough torque off those kind of bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 With a 'standard' screwdriver, I couldn't get close to enough. I've now just got some stainless bolts and a ParkTool allen key tool. Job's a good un. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todge Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Tom1989 is a legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motocrossmumford Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 oh my god i had one of those boosters for my onza shit master, was soo goood and it was purple. :lol: :P :P :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Get some allen key bolts :lol: not titanium ones either. I used to run flat head (and phillips) bolts when I had no allen key bolts, they were a bloody nuisance. Just couldnt do them up tight enough. Get some steel allen bolts, do yourself a favour. Other than the bolts :P good job. At least you're happy. Rossi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I have one of those booster on my rear vee at the moment, its so old skool :P got it on while my xtr booster is off doing other things :lol: actually was suprised at the prformance, working realling well and as good as my xtr :) mike p.s maybe if you can't be arsed getting allen key bolts, get some ones with the hex head so you can use a spanner. But if they are working, why bother changing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted April 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 But if they are working, why bother changing ← exacly theses aree working perfectly so i have no need to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 oh my god TOM A BOOSTER! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! lol looks pimp shizzle! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey_pork Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Get some allen key bolts :) not titanium ones either. I used to run flat head (and phillips) bolts when I had no allen key bolts, they were a bloody nuisance. Just couldnt do them up tight enough. Get some steel allen bolts, do yourself a favour. ← I fitted an Onza carbon booster at the weekend and foolishly used the titanium bolts that came with it. They were absolutely shockingly terrible, they flexed like devils when I applied any rotational pressure (err, like when I tried to do them up) and then two ended up being cross-threaded within minimal thread depth. There is no way on earth that I've have trusted them, so out they came into the bin. In their place went four, stainless steel, socket capped shouldered bolts. (Deep socketted allen key fittings). Whilst they may have be three times the weight, they have more then redeemed themselves as they virtually jumped into the frame of their own accord, and slid all the way to being tight, absoultely perfectly. Well worth the couple of English pounds I spent on them, and that supplier does them in 5mm increments too, so getting a decent fit was easy-peasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzamad Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 to be honest the colour isn't my cup of tea but i do like the shape etc of it, i would definately agree with some of these other people, in my experience i have rounded more straight blade and philips/pozi drive bolts when tightening them up, this is becasue when doing them as tight as poss as the screwdriver slips out.if i was you id get some stainless steel allens. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 All round nice :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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