Boker Kwaiken flipper anatomy lesson, anyone?
I finally got around to modding my flipper this weekend, and thought I'd pass along some information to others contemplating the same.
The IKBS pivot takes a T-9 torx bit:
Using the wife's embosser/heat gun helped to loosen any threadlocker/loctite on the threads. This will help to keep those torx bolts looking nice. There wasn't much added by the factory, by the way. You will see some signs of it in pictures below:
Thanks to Rubio's for helping me keep the Kwaiken's parts in check:
The other torx bolts are T-6s (almost feels like a T-5.5 would've been better, but heating a little bit makes it easy):
Different length T-6s:
Keeping them all straight:
One titanium handle removed:
Pivot close-up:
Other bolts on the non-clip side seem the same length, but just to be sure I've marked them:
Pivot pushes out fairly easily:
Backspacer is held in by more torx bolts (some dried threadlocker is visible here):
The bolts were quite loosely seated:
Here's where the fun starts--the IKBS system. As you may already know, the ball bearings (20 per side) are held by a sticky grease. Notice there are a couple on the liner on the right:
Other side:
Another good use for a container--holding the 40 bbs:
More:
That about does it. Altogether I had zero problems taking the Kwaiken flipper apart. No marred torx bits whatsoever, and no other surprises.
Easy. I think I counted 59 parts; 60 if you count the detent ball bearing separately.
By the way, in case you were wondering the only titanium parts are the handles (2) and the backspacer (1). I thought the clip might be ti, but it's magnetic, so ... no dice.
