# ?? about Axle on "New" CLYW Avalanche
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/about-axle-on-new-clyw-avalanche/80556
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [May 24, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/about-axle-on-new-clyw-avalanche/80556 "2016-05-24T22:01:11Z")
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### Author:  [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/about-axle-on-new-clyw-avalanche/80556/1 "2016-05-24T22:01:11Z")
I recently got a New Avalanche from a friend who bought it brand new from YYE. I asked if he had changed out anything and he assured me that it was stock as it came from YYE. Giving his experience and reputation here on the forum, i whole-heartedly believe him.
Simple enough but here’s the confusion.
I take it apart to find a short axle. (wha?)
Pull up YYE to check list of what CLYW uses what axle. Found that it lists the axle as a Long.
I take brand new CLYW Long axle to replace it, and it would not thread. at all. not even almost. I try another, same thing. not even a quarter twist before it locks up it a cross thread feeling. I do not force it cause im not an idiot. :wink:
I take my short axle out of my Puffin2 and find the same thing! it will not screw in.
Apon close examination I find that the axle’s threading is different all together (make sense) but i have no idea what size or threading (like is it 3mm? 2/56? i dunno!).
So my questions are as follows…
1a- Does the Avalanche use a special sized or different threading than other CLYW?
1b- If so what is it?
2-If not, than what happened? Im so confused but really curious.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/about-axle-on-new-clyw-avalanche/80556/2 "2016-05-24T23:12:09Z")
> [@Dust](#):
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> So my questions are as follows…
> 1a- Does the Avalanche use a special sized or different threading than other CLYW?
From your observation, apparently so. You could take the axle to a hardware store and test the threads on various nuts to see what it fits.
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/about-axle-on-new-clyw-avalanche/80556/3 "2016-05-24T23:34:58Z")
Is there some reason that you don’t just contact CLYW directly?
Or PM Steve Brown and ask him to give a heads up to Chris about your mystery?
Your most accurate information will most logically come from the ‘Source’.
No doubt🤔
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### Author:  [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/about-axle-on-new-clyw-avalanche/80556/4 "2016-05-25T02:46:33Z")
Ill reach out to them tonight, just asked here first to make sure that I want missing something that may had been common knowledge to others. 🙂
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### Author:  [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/about-axle-on-new-clyw-avalanche/80556/5 "2016-05-25T14:55:17Z")
To my knowledge CLYW only uses two axles; the shorter M4 x 10mm and the longer 8-32 x 5/8. I believe the New Avalanche uses the longer axle.
The yo-yo could have been retapped, but as long as it’s playing fine and holding together with whatever axle is in there I would just leave it and enjoy the Avalanche.