# 888 Hubstack bearing removal tool?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/888-hubstack-bearing-removal-tool/300143>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [March 15, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/888-hubstack-bearing-removal-tool/300143 "2019-03-15T14:52:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Astroyama](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/astroyama/32/75983_2.png) [@Astroyama](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Astroyama)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/888-hubstack-bearing-removal-tool/300143/1 "2019-03-15T14:52:13Z")

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Anyone make a smart tool for this 888 bearing removal job…whereas the tool can fit underneath the bearing and pry upwards?  
I tried the cold freezer trick, and a few other techniques as well…No success!  
Finally the bearing crushed and broke apart with pliers. But not before I scared heavily the soft alum axle tip when the pliers repeatedly slipped off bearing. Now, I’m left with the inside bearing race stuck unto the yoyo. A real BEAR!  
And my dremel tool doesn’t fit gracefully into yoyo half to cut/slice apart bearing race that is stuck unto the hub axle.

Wish YYF would have allowed more tolerance in fit and finish for extra build up with anodize jobs.

Lovely!

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/888-hubstack-bearing-removal-tool/300143/2 "2019-03-15T19:29:38Z")

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Welcome back!

Hmm, you couldn’t pull the hubstack bearing off by looping a yo-yo string behind the hubstack and pulling up? That’s how I’ve always done it.

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**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/888-hubstack-bearing-removal-tool/300143/3 "2019-03-15T19:41:30Z")

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Yeah, that’s the best method. Although if it’s _really_ stuck then I’m not sure. Whenever I’ve had a bearing inner race stuck on a yo-yo I just squeeze it with vice grips until it breaks, but not sure if that will work since it is fully on the hubstack post and not just sitting half on a bearing seat.

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**Author:** ![yyfben2.deactivated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@yyfben2.deactivated](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yyfben2.deactivated)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/888-hubstack-bearing-removal-tool/300143/5 "2019-03-18T19:55:53Z")

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We have some very good expensive hand made tools if you can’t get it off by other means.