Sinter Model 012 Magura

The Magura MT5 and MT7 four-piston calipers are the company's heavy-duty MTB platform, designed for enduro, downhill, and high-power e-MTB use. The Sinter Model 012 is the two-caliper pack of organic-compound pads for that platform: four pads total, enough to replace the pad set in both the front and rear caliper of an MT5 or MT7 build. For riders servicing one caliper at a time, the Model 021 is the single-caliper variant.

What's in the kit

Two calipers' worth of pads (4 pads total; two left and two right) for the Magura MT5 / MT7 four-piston pocket. The kit ships with the pin and bedding-in instructions; one kit covers a complete front-and-rear pad swap. If you're servicing only one caliper, the Model 021 single-caliper kit is more appropriate.

Fits

Magura MT5 / MT7 four-piston pad shape:

• Magura MT5
• Magura MT7

The MT5 and MT7 share the same four-piston caliper body; the difference is at the lever and master cylinder. Both calipers take the same Sinter pad. The MT4 and MT2 are two-piston calipers and take the Model 009 pad instead.

Compound and feel

Sinter's organic ceramic-loaded compound on the MT5 / MT7 four-piston platform is the natural pad-and-caliper pairing. Magura's heavy-duty MTB caliper engineering targets controlled stopping under sustained load (the use case that makes Magura popular on enduro and DH builds), and organic-matrix modulation delivers that pattern without the noise and rotor-wear penalty sintered pads bring. The resin matrix runs quiet on dry rotors and stays predictable in the wet; the thermal range covers everything short of dedicated DH gravity racing on small rotors.

Specs

• Compound: organic (ceramic-loaded, resin-bound)
• Backing plate: steel
• Pad shape: Magura MT5 / MT7 four-piston
• Pads per package: 4 (two calipers; front and rear)
• Includes pin

Includes: 4 pads (two left and two right), pin, bedding-in instructions.

Sinter's Ljubljana metallurgy

Sinter has been making friction materials in Ljubljana since 1969, and developed the first disc brake pads in the former Yugoslavia in 1972. The Slovenian plant supplies organic-compound pads to motorcycle OEMs and the bicycle aftermarket. Unior has been forging hand tools in Zreče since 1919, and is the official technical partner of multiple World Tour and downhill teams. Euro Toolworks is the North American importer for both brands. The Model 012 two-caliper pack is the shop-friendly option; the cost-per-pad lands lower than two single-caliper kits, and the kit covers a full front-and-rear service in one purchase.

Pro tip from our mechanics

A complete front-and-rear MT5 / MT7 pad swap is the moment to check rotor thickness on both calipers, because Magura's smaller-diameter rotor option (160 mm) gets close to the service limit faster than the larger 180 or 203 mm variants. A worn rotor against fresh Sinter pads is the fastest way to burn through new pads; a rotor wear indicator reading at both rotors before the new pads go in is five minutes well spent.

How to read the fitment table and choose the right compound for your riding is laid out in How to choose Sinter brake pads →.