Airtight Bearing?

[nardcopter]

And here I am, yoyoing with all my bearings shieldless…

[J_Singh_2K]

@Big_Yoyo

@WretchedRapture

@stickman

There already are sealed bearings produced, I’m not sure if they are of the size for YoYo’s, or if they are “Air Tight”, but I know they exist. When they wear out you just simply replace them.

Yupp. Lots of generic skate bearings are sealed. Definitely not air tight, but sealed nonetheless.

There are some, like Abec7s that are completely sealed with 2 shields on each side, a dust shield, and then a rubber shield that keeps water and stiff from getting in. They are very hard to clean though, trying to get off all those shields.

Now do these bearings not spin as freely as our bearings do?

[jhb8426 (Resident Curmudgeon)]

@J_Singh_2K

Now do these bearings not spin as freely as our bearings do?

No, they don’t due to the friction of the seals.

[redneckyoyoer3826]

@J_Singh_2K

@redneckyoyoer3826

Ooh, so you know how Twisted Strings made the Trifecta bearing, which combined three of the most popular bearing features? NOW somebody has to make a curved (or concave, whatever you prefer to say), grooved, 10-ball, airtight, ceramic bearing.

IT WILL BE THE BEST (and probably most expensive) BEARING EVER!!!

That would be an awesome bearing. Add a groove to it too!

I did…I said it would be grooved.