How to Read & Adjust Rod style Traction Devices (X4/Size Genetics/JES/Similar)

Actually guys I have a question I have been working on my PE for a little over two years going on three I have a bath mate plus a regular pump. I would like to buy a p extender. I literally typed into Google top five extenders and you extender pro. Or size genetics. I’m curious on who likes which one better because they’re number one and two on the list. And sometimes it can just be paid to be number one. Before I spend $300 I would love your input.

Hi all, I’m confused as to how this works. When I adjust the tension, that is rotating the rods with the grips at the bottom counter-clockwise, the threaded area underneath the grips gets longer. Is that expected? If so, how much should I do this before something breaks? If not, what am I doing wrong?

Lay the extender on the table and then unscrew the rods from the knurled nut (thumb screw), then unscrew the knurled nut from the base. You will then be able to see how long each threaded section is and how far you can unscrew them before they come lose.

The first step in adjusting tension is to unscrew the rods from the knurled nuts. If you still have not reached your desired tension mark after unscrewing them to their max, then start unscrewing the knurled nut. If you still have not reached your desired tension, you will need to remove a section of rod and then start over with step 1 unscrewing the adjutment rod, etc.

Thanks again, 32quarters! So, I took some photos of my extender to portray how it’s been engineered. The rods don’t seem to unscrew from knurled nuts because the base of the rods are attached to them. The pieces that go over the spring, as shown in pictures two, three and four, are not pieces that can be rotated to any effect. The best I can do is unscrew the knurled nuts from the base, which I guess would increase tension. The last picture shows the extent to which they can be unscrewed. Am I missing something here?

I use the X4, but I would say in picture 2500 are you not in tension and in picture 2503, you are in tension. In picture 2503 as the threads begin to expose the piston will begin to compress and hit an index line corresponding to the % of load you are under relative to whatever the max load of your springs are.

I use 4200 gram springs. So at the first index line, which represents a load of 33%, I am at a load of 1,386 grams.

If that makes sense.

I have the X4 labs extender, which can unscrew as I previously described. I think the rod unscrews clockwise, the nut unscrews widdershins. Try one direction, then the other.

EDIT:
Looking again it seems yours only unscrews rod from nut.

Hi HyperTrain,
I recently purchased a Quick Extender Pro as well. I have made a few modifications to mine that have helped out immensely. The first was to drill a small hole through the spring housing with the spring fully compressed. This will keep the extender compressed while you are getting strapped in! Once strapped in I pull the pins to allow the springs to do their thing. Second, I used a black permanent maker to color between the 2nd & 3rd marking on the spring housing. This really helps to get a good visual on how much tension you are applying to your penis. How much tension is actually applied (grams of force) is going to depend on which springs you got with your QEP.

The knurled nuts at the bottom allow you to extend the rod, this causes the spring housing to compress which increases the tension applied to your penis. When you just start off you’re not going to want to adjust anything, it should only feel like it’s being pulled just enough to keep it straight. If you don’t, then increase the tension by turning the knurled nuts until the springs seem like they barely want to start compressing.

Those knurled nuts at the bottom are not part of an adjusting rod, they are locking nuts, to lock the device into a certain positing.

zy

And they can also be used on the X4 for addition length when necessary. If you look at the pictures of Hypertrain’s QE Pro you can see the knurled nuts are not for locking in place, they are the only mechanism of adjustment.

32quarters,

According to Quick Extender Pro the way you adjust tension is by changing the rod length which is fully adjustable.

There is nothing in the instructions regarding adjustment for the QEP with the locking nuts.

If you have something on that I would love to read!

zy

Just because it isnt in the QEP instructions doesnt mean it cant be adjusted using the knurled knob. The other extenders are adjusted in this way. See page 1 of this thread where TG describes the adjustment process. Adjusting this way gives finer control of the tension.

Of course if you are trying to extend in a specific direction it is a problem. When I was actively extending I was wearing clothes so I was either straight up or straight down and it wasnt an issue to not be locked in place.

Interesting, why would you do that when the unit comes with calibrated adjusting rods that you can add on to - to make longer?

zy

For me the reason is that the first strapped in length becomes looser during each session, so to keep the right tension I periodically adjust the dials. Again for me, it’s easier to get strapped in the right way at a shorter than ideal length and then grow out to the desired tension using the fine tuning. I have to believe that those are intended to be used for tuning length otherwise they probaby wouldn’t have used such long bolts, but I’ve been wrong berfore, so…

Like some others, I used some loctite on the base end of the bolts. Anyway it works for me.

What’s extender would you suggest for a beginner?

For a beginner I would recommend starting with the newbie routine, which among other things will condition your penis to get ready for more complex PE activities and will also help you get more familiar with your penis and how it reacts to these new stressors.

You can find it here:
START HERE ——-> NEWBIE ROUTINE <——- Important Newbie Info