# A guide to buying bearings?

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [February 24, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-guide-to-buying-bearings/64135 "2014-02-24T19:33:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![IamCathal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@IamCathal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/IamCathal)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-guide-to-buying-bearings/64135/1 "2014-02-24T19:33:06Z")

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So I am thinking of buying a Shutter and read somewhere on the forums that some people insisted on buying a new bearing when you get it. So if someone could tell me a good technique on judging bearings(preferably) center-tracs that would be great

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**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-guide-to-buying-bearings/64135/2 "2014-02-24T19:43:11Z")

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> [@IamCathal](#):
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> So I am thinking of buying a Shutter and read somewhere on the forums that some people insisted on buying a new bearing when you get it. So if someone could tell me a good technique on judging bearings(preferably) center-tracs that would be great

I don’t know what you mean by judging but I in a few minutes or throws it starts to “hiccup” or get really loud that can indicate a bad bearing.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-guide-to-buying-bearings/64135/3 "2014-02-24T19:45:06Z")

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For the ordinary, average guy just starting out the stock bearing that comes with most yoyos works just fine. Get some feel for yoyos before you plunge in so deep.

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**Author:** ![tzighy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@tzighy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tzighy)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-guide-to-buying-bearings/64135/4 "2014-02-24T20:42:55Z")

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my experience is that generally stock yoyos suit the yoyos pretty well; manufacturers design and play yoyos and they’re willing to put whatever bearing plays , to their taste, best in it.budget yoyos may have constraints, but usually the design is adapted to have a nice fit. the only bearing i’ve switched is in my dv888 and i did it solely for noise purposes. other than that, especially when not being an advanced player, the perceived difference, if any, might not justify the cost. especially in throws where a new bearing is 50% of the purchasing price.

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