SS 4x4 solution to internal lock-ups

[Konsta]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY9Xf...3fFUAAAAAAALAA
not my video, but there you go toruu

I am getting a new SS 4x4 v3 soon, and there are quite a few mods. I do not want to regret doing any, and I want to do them all at one time. Can someone tell me which mods I should do with these. Also, If I do many mods, will the cube begin to pop?

I don't think there are mods that take away anti-popping mechanisms or anything useful (without replacing it with similar mechanism). If the cube pops, it pops because it is loose and you force corner cut or something similar.
Mods are made to reduce or even remove lockups that might also cause pops. So doing a mod properly should never cause cube to pop more than it pops already, if at all.
Also finding the right tension and lubing the cube is as important after the mod as it was before any mods, these things never change.
If you like to keep very loose tension, you probably experience more popping and even lock-ups with bigger cubes if you don't have very good/smooth handling over your cube.
With bigger cubes I personally need to set the tension so that it basically never pops as my cubing style is awful especially with bigger cubes atm.
No mod will make one a better cuber, but it can and will make the cube better if it's done correctly.
So make a mod if you trust your modding skills enough

[RTh]

I modded my SS today and I have to say you do notice an improvement, however it doesn't completely solve lock-ups. The outer layers still lock up a bit, and sometimes it is enough to screw up the solve. Should I do the mod Florian proposes? I finished doing it to my SS 5 a few days ago and it improved very much (still, it isn't perfect).
I used a Dremell to round up the pieces, took about an hour.

[Konsta]

I modded my SS today and I have to say you do notice an improvement, however it doesn't completely solve lock-ups. The outer layers still lock up a bit, and sometimes it is enough to screw up the solve. Should I do the mod Florian proposes? I finished doing it to my SS 5 a few days ago and it improved very much (still, it isn't perfect).
I used a Dremell to round up the pieces, took about an hour.

Yes, absolutely. I kinda assumed that people had modded with Florian's mod already. Internal mod is for internal parts only.
I also modded my new SS 5x5 and 6x6. With 5x5 I modded also 1 center piece more that wasn't in that mod, I'm kinda studying both of them atm.

[Noahaha]

How necessary is a dremel? Would I be able to do it with a knife and sand paper?

[Konsta]

How necessary is a dremel? Would I be able to do it with a knife and sand paper?

Yes, it just takes more time. I wouldn't bother doing it with those, but then again.. I have a dremel
When I tested some spots in this mod I always started with a knife, I used dremel only after I knew how much plastic I should take off.

[wytefury]

I also modded my new SS 5x5 and 6x6. With 5x5 I modded also 1 center piece more that wasn't in that mod, I'm kinda studying both of them atm.

How are the results? Any big differences?

[Konsta]

How are the results? Any big differences?

I assume you're talking about the 5x5?
Well it helped for the particular lockup I experienced a lot. I rounded the edge-centers outer edges (all the way internally), because the wing edge piece took too much contact to it while turning when it was just a tiny bit misaligned. I might mod some other spots later on if I feel like it. Still need to do more solves to get more info out of this cube

[Noahaha]

Took me about an hour with a metal file. I still catch a little bit on M-slices occasionally, so I may not have gotten each piece perfect, but other than that it's spectacular. Thanks Konsta!

EDIT: First solve was a PB by 1 second despite OLL and PLL parity.

[Cheese11]

Did you guys fully assemble when you did this? I always have trouble putting it back together XD

[ottozing]

Did you guys fully assemble when you did this? I always have trouble putting it back together XD

its not that hard to assemble.