# A broken Star (Pulled thread repair) **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [January 16, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-broken-star-pulled-thread-repair/417375 "2025-01-16T21:20:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sven/32/604919_2.png) [@Sven](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sven)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-broken-star-pulled-thread-repair/417375/1 "2025-01-16T21:20:25Z")
On an evening, a few days ago, I was almost ready to head out to my airrifle training. Everything was set. My bags were waiting in the entrance. I was about ready to jump. But before I headed out, I wanted to take a quick leak, so I would not have to on the range. So I pulled my hoodie over my head, before sitting down and what do I hear? Yes, the harsh sound of my iYoYo Shooting Star hitting the tile floor of the bathroom, like a meteor. It slipped out of the front pocket of my hoodie, from over my head, maybe 2m or 6ft over the floor. My heart sunk to my stomack. I picked it up and immediately felt, that it was not okay. On one side the cup was loose. When hitting the floor, it pulled the axle out of the non-bearing side, stripping a part of the thread. You can see as much in the pictures below. ![250114_YoYo_Reparatur_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/d/e/0dedd4c1712b22071796009fdd61dc575056f4d4.jpeg) ![250114_YoYo_Reparatur_2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/e/f/eef6c52f8392e2c38741571a25d288a01c8d4e45.jpeg) After the training, when I came back and saw my broken Yoyo on my desk, I thought this was the end of my little star. It kissed the floor many times before and the poly-carbonate plastic always sucked it up. Not even a scratch. I thought it to be almost indistructable. But that white tile floor broke it, like a five star chef brakes an egg, on the side of an iron skillet. But before I gave it a solem grave in my trashcan, I at least wanted to see, if I could bring it back. As I pulled it apart I saw the aluminuim shavings coming out, saw the damaged threads on the off-side. It was a mess. But I also realized, after a few minutes of pondering, that the axle was still nicely and properly in its’ place, where I lightly glued it in, with a micro-dot of Locktite. A plan was born. But I also knew I had to clean up the treads on the off-side, if this operation should be a success. I cleand everything with alcohol. I got the old thread cutters from my grandpa and traced the windings of the threads all the way down the hub, being carefull not to add more skew. And then I unscrewed the axle from the one side and moved it to the other, like a kindney in a transplant. Fixed it with Locktite, this time a bit more. I am not looking to remove it ever. And the magic was done. ![250114_YoYo_Reparatur_3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/8/e/d8e25c1147a9fe4091f464f5e14f461a623ebeff.jpeg) ![250114_YoYo_Reparatur_4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/8/8/288befe15f29cb8645dfc187a289c6e5df5c12d3.jpeg) After the glue was dry and reassembling everything, how it is supposed to, I tested it. It seemed to be fine. I was relieved. I’ve been testing it for the last two days. Playing it about two hours a day, like the last two months I’ve had it. I saw, when I first screwed the halfs together, after the repair, without the bearing, that the bearing posts didn’t meet perfectly no more, if they ever did. They are off by about half a millimeter. So I was expecting serious vibes and feared it would be unplayable. But when throwing it, I can not say it looks any different. Looks to have about the same vibe. Only when I hold my fingernail to it, then I can feel a possible vibe. The only thing I am suspecting to be different to before the accident, is a bigger tendency to list to one side. It’s just a feeling and I can still throw it straight. But that feeling will probably only go away with more sucessfully landed tricks. ![250114_YoYo_Reparatur_5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/b/6/ab622f56473bc7beabbb5b9e682c61da01f4681a.jpeg) ![250114_YoYo_Reparatur_6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/c/4/6c4084e940b0e5384b87bf0bd6fa319aa314378a.jpeg) My shooting star had a supernova and raised again as a white dwarf. Still ready to travel the galaxy on the end of my string. … and this morning, when I played outdoors for the first time, it hit a rock on the ground and got its first actual scratch. I guess, that’s how it goes. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-broken-star-pulled-thread-repair/417375/2 "2025-01-16T21:32:35Z")
Great job! ---
**Author:** ![Sven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sven/32/604919_2.png) [@Sven](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sven)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-broken-star-pulled-thread-repair/417375/3 "2025-01-16T21:42:08Z")
Thanks man!