# Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/yo-yo-modification-and-maintenance/12.md?no_subcategories=false&page=159 [Latest](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/categories.md) **Page:** 160 --- ## [striped threads on a DM2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/striped-threads-on-a-dm2/29554)
**Author:** [@hobo-yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobo-yoyo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/striped-threads-on-a-dm2/29554 "2011-09-03T04:35:22Z")
Hi, my very first unresponsive throw was the Dark Magic 2. I used it heavily and now the threads on the inside of the yoyo are striped. When I try to screw the two halves together, they just keep spinning and spinning b… --- ## [Need axle for a Werrd 4xl](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-axle-for-a-werrd-4xl/29615)
**Author:** [@Plank4God](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Plank4God)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/need-axle-for-a-werrd-4xl/29615 "2011-09-03T04:29:49Z")
I can’t seem to find a replacement axle for this yoyo anywhere. help anyone? --- ## [Mirror Polished : 888x, Prepro DNA, Destiny, and HitmanPro, MH 5150](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mirror-polished-888x-prepro-dna-destiny-and-hitmanpro-mh-5150/27584)
**Author:** [@d42kn355](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/d42kn355)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mirror-polished-888x-prepro-dna-destiny-and-hitmanpro-mh-5150/27584 "2011-09-02T11:46:31Z")
Now for lathe spinning fun, i’m onto mirror polishing throws, as well as silli recessing, (I also mirror polish for a fee, PM me) So here was my first attempt :smiley: No… --- ## [Help Please!! Another DV888 problem :-(](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please-another-dv888-problem/29570)
**Author:** [@x9x9x9x9x9](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x9x9x9x9x9)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-please-another-dv888-problem/29570 "2011-09-02T02:45:54Z")
Hey guys! I purchased a DV888 from here on 8/18/11 It is my first “professional” yoyo. I have been LOVING my new DV888 until last night. Last night I was playing with my yoyo and it started vibrating oddly at on the stri… --- ## [FHZ help please?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fhz-help-please/29452)
**Author:** [@dcs937](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dcs937)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fhz-help-please/29452 "2011-08-31T19:24:52Z")
So I got a double silicone recess FHZ and I had the gold bearing (out side thing) flipped the wrong way and screwed it in that way. Theres nothing you can see at all but its not as smooth anymore. I have another FHZ that… --- ## [10 Ball Bearing Issue](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10-ball-bearing-issue/28986)
**Author:** [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10-ball-bearing-issue/28986 "2011-08-31T15:29:01Z")
Hi Guys, I just recently bought a new 10 ball bearing and thought I’d put it in my Dv888. Usually bearings (the stock and yyj bearings) just go on it and lock. Afterwards when I screw the yo-yo in, it reaches the end an… --- ## [String type](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-type/29430)
**Author:** [@Canadian\_Caribou](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Canadian_Caribou)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-type/29430 "2011-08-31T04:26:20Z")
Pick your favorite. --- ## [bearing stuck!!!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck/29462)
**Author:** [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck/29462 "2011-08-31T00:02:45Z")
My brand new supernova lite’s bearing won’t come off! I already tried using pliers and drill bits. Please help me! --- ## [|Help| stuck ball bearing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-stuck-ball-bearing/29404)
**Author:** [@stavDdrums](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stavDdrums)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-stuck-ball-bearing/29404 "2011-08-30T21:26:42Z")
ok so hear i was playing, doing my trick and such, and the yoyo starting to be responsive, i have a dv888 (that yoyo is UNRESPONSIVE), so i opened the yoyo try to roll the bearing, and its grinding and stucking like its … --- ## [offstring bearing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offstring-bearing/29411)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/offstring-bearing/29411 "2011-08-30T20:43:25Z")
So…I was going to get a fiesta XX. But I was wondering…Would I need to get a thin bearing to go with it or are the binds on the fiesta tight with the size C bearing?? --- ## [How often do you change your string?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-often-do-you-change-your-string/29094)
**Author:** [@guitaryo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/guitaryo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-often-do-you-change-your-string/29094 "2011-08-30T20:23:55Z")
The question is not how often you are supposed to change your string, it is how often do you yourself change the string on your yoyo. I change mine usually once a day. --- ## [YYJ Speeder Replacement Caps](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speeder-replacement-caps/29385)
**Author:** [@skillman14](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skillman14)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speeder-replacement-caps/29385 "2011-08-30T19:32:34Z")
Long story short, one of my friends took my disassembled speeder and put one of the caps in backwards and then used his knife to try to get it out, the actual yo-yo was fine, but I prefer to play with sidecaps. I already… --- ## [spin top yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-top-yoyo/29164)
**Author:** [@walter](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/walter)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-top-yoyo/29164 "2011-08-30T01:01:30Z")
how can i modify my dark magic yoyo into a spin top i now that it sounds ridicules but i now its posible. --- ## [Watermelon mod (simple)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/watermelon-mod-simple/29166)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/watermelon-mod-simple/29166 "2011-08-29T19:44:35Z")
Just need a green yoyo, pink or red paper, caps! --- ## [help with my 888?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-my-888/29254)
**Author:** [@yoyo\_creep](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_creep)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-with-my-888/29254 "2011-08-29T02:57:40Z")
i got my 888 (2010) about a month ago and i play with it about 2 hours a day but… im having to double bind (which i hate doing for some odd reason) and that only works about half the time. \>:( and also it is isnt sleepin… --- ## [Help! what paint should i use to costom paint my yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-what-paint-should-i-use-to-costom-paint-my-yoyo/29419)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-what-paint-should-i-use-to-costom-paint-my-yoyo/29419 "2011-08-28T17:09:47Z")
what paint plz help!!! for medal yoyo --- ## [bearing WILL NOT come off](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-will-not-come-off/28926)
**Author:** [@AwEsOmEnEsS](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AwEsOmEnEsS)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-will-not-come-off/28926 "2011-08-28T03:31:23Z")
i am using a carbon and the bearing will not come out i am using pilers i have put it in the fezzer for 1 min. and 10 mins. and i know of no other way to get it out --- ## [A question about paint?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-question-about-paint/29369)
**Author:** [@Kipp556](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kipp556)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-question-about-paint/29369 "2011-08-26T23:45:34Z")
If I were to paint a yoyo, would it be ok for me to just use a couple layers of spray paint or do I have to use a special kind of paint sprayer? Thanks, Kipp --- ## [help me!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me/29370)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me/29370 "2011-08-26T15:56:12Z")
So, i have a yyf ONE. I have the SPEC bearing in. But this morning, its all responsivee! o: this is an OUTRAGE! --- ## [RTV sili vs regular clear? sili problem..](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-sili-vs-regular-clear-sili-problem/29295)
**Author:** [@nicholi2789](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nicholi2789)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rtv-sili-vs-regular-clear-sili-problem/29295 "2011-08-26T05:59:50Z")
Ok so I’m sure this question has already been asked many times but here we Go… What’s the difference between the two besides color? I’ve been using clear and have a lot of practice and whenever I do it I get cracking an… --- ## [mosquito mods](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mosquito-mods/29342)
**Author:** [@hotrodyoyoer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hotrodyoyoer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mosquito-mods/29342 "2011-08-25T11:53:37Z")
i would like to know some easy mods to make it a little better.and i need some response pads any ideas for some easy home made pads. and i could try some simple mods i just want it for fun --- ## [10 ball?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10-ball/29213)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/10-ball/29213 "2011-08-25T02:10:05Z")
Will a 10 ball bearing fit in a yyj destiny? ??? --- ## [case question](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/case-question/29310)
**Author:** [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/case-question/29310 "2011-08-24T04:54:30Z")
How do you cut a hole that will snugly fit an undersized throw? I mean normal undersized, not like popstar undersized. I’ve made 3 cases now, and my only problem with the tomato paste can is that undersized throws don’t… --- ## [Tack Response](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tack-response/23767)
**Author:** [@fady](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fady)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tack-response/23767 "2011-08-23T14:42:52Z")
Yup Its Awesome , Cheap And Pretty Much Works VERY GOOD :wink: This Is What Am Talkin About --- ## [Spacer Problems!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spacer-problems/29081)
**Author:** [@VinegarEel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/VinegarEel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spacer-problems/29081 "2011-08-23T12:50:13Z")
My new Protostar got hair in its bearing and then the spacer got stuck to the bearing! Now it Wont spin! --- ## [Why is my dark magic 2 responsive?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-is-my-dark-magic-2-responsive/29282)
**Author:** [@That-one-kid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/That-one-kid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-is-my-dark-magic-2-responsive/29282 "2011-08-23T02:47:54Z")
So my dark magic two I’ve had for about four months now is responsive with the unresponsive ball bearing in it. I’ve done nothing but put new pads in yesterday, and it wasn’t doing that after I put them in. I took the c… --- ## [Dyeing a fiesta](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dyeing-a-fiesta/29260)
**Author:** [@Newbies\_United](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Newbies_United)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dyeing-a-fiesta/29260 "2011-08-22T20:05:07Z")
I would like to dye my fiesta purple, with blue splash. I need to know if it is made of Polycarbonate, or celcon. Also, what masking you guys recommend that is preferbably easy to make splash, and easy to remove, that le… --- ## [Can you 'over-silicone'?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-over-silicone/29249)
**Author:** [@alwaystang](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/alwaystang)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-over-silicone/29249 "2011-08-22T17:58:17Z")
I’m a little worried. ??? I recently re-siliconed my Avalanche and it has become somewhat responsive. I can do Gravity Pull almost at will and tricks with slack elements have become dangerous for my hands. It’s almos… --- ## [Silcone and Satining Business](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silcone-and-satining-business/29128)
**Author:** [@YoYoSlayer181](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoSlayer181)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/silcone-and-satining-business/29128 "2011-08-22T15:32:22Z")
Me and my friend silconed our yoyos today and we are good silconers so we thinked about making our on silconing business silcone both yoyo sides with be $4 one side is $2 and satining it will be $10 or $5 dollars so cont… --- ## [My friend's yoyo isn't working right.](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-friends-yoyo-isnt-working-right/29177)
**Author:** [@vine](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vine)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-friends-yoyo-isnt-working-right/29177 "2011-08-22T02:41:12Z")
When he throws the yoyo it just drops. He has to bind repeatedly for it not drop. He has a DV888. we think it’s response system. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/yo-yo-modification-and-maintenance/12.md?no_subcategories=false&page=158) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/yo-yo-modification-and-maintenance/12.md?no_subcategories=false&page=160)