# Am I cleaning my bearings wrong?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/am-i-cleaning-my-bearings-wrong/10855>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [January 30, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/am-i-cleaning-my-bearings-wrong/10855 "2010-01-30T17:44:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/am-i-cleaning-my-bearings-wrong/10855/1 "2010-01-30T17:44:14Z")

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I put the bearing in mineral spirits but now when I flick it, the bearing feels bumpy and buzzes.

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**Author:** ![Zer0F3AR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zer0f3ar/32/348572_2.png) [@Zer0F3AR](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zer0F3AR)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/am-i-cleaning-my-bearings-wrong/10855/2 "2010-01-30T17:47:43Z")

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make sure you shake the bottle with the bearing a little bit and deshield the bearing. It should have some sort of buzz after cleaning but not too loud. Make sure you lube it after you do these steps.

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**Author:** ![A-Bomm97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@A-Bomm97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/A-Bomm97)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/am-i-cleaning-my-bearings-wrong/10855/3 "2010-01-30T17:48:00Z")

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did you put some lube in it?

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**Author:** ![buck\_choy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/buck_choy/32/302_2.png) [@buck\_choy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/buck_choy)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/am-i-cleaning-my-bearings-wrong/10855/4 "2010-01-30T17:48:44Z")

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you might have not letted it dry enough or you didn’t put ay lube in it so it is dry.

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**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/am-i-cleaning-my-bearings-wrong/10855/5 "2010-01-30T17:58:20Z")

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I meant right after cleaning. I blew the mineral spirits out.

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**Author:** ![psin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/psin/32/397_2.png) [@psin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/psin)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/am-i-cleaning-my-bearings-wrong/10855/6 "2010-01-30T19:20:07Z")

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mineral spirits dissolves the lube, so it sounds like that because of the metal on metal contact of the bearing. it will stop when oiled.