Hey all, I was jamming with my Pocket love, which was my first real fixie that I got a few years back, and I slammed it on the ground, unfortunately breaking it. I had already glued the axle back together a few times before, but now I figure I need a new one. My question is if anyone here has replaced an axle on a woodie, and if there is somewhere I can find walnut dowels. I do have woodworking experience and I don’t imagine it’ll be too difficult, but I thought I’d ask. Below are some pics,
thanks a million!
When that happened to my 56 super tournament topps I just bought an Imperial and took out the steel axle and put it into my 56. Works great and no-one can even tell you don’t have a wooden axle.
And I have P.H.D.s in Psychology and Parapsychology.
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Heretic!!!
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Haha nice!! I would rather use a wood axle though, but thanks for the suggestion, I do have an imperial that would make a suitable sacrifice.
I thought walnut dowel would be a fairly standard affair in the USA. My guess is your local wood shop should have some. You’ll need it in 1/4".
Getting the old shredded dowel out can be a slight pain though. First, try pulling it out with pliers. If that doesn’t work, my suggestion is that you use a slightly smaller drill bit than 1/4" and try to drill it out using a drill press. After, you go in with the 1/4" bit.
Then cut a small piece of walnut dowel and glue it in using good quality pva. Space it with stacks of 10 playing cards either side, then clamp it.
That should do it.
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Fantastic! Thanks for the play by play, I will give it a try!
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Give it a shot! If all else fails and you really love your yoyo, you can send it to me and I’ll fix it up.
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Well, we do have THE yoyo doctor on the forums, @yoyodoc
As well as @DocPop
“This is a house of learning doctors”
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woot woot! all finished!! Used Pokemon cards instead of playing cards, thank you so much @Glenacius_K
here’s some pics!
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Good work! But keep it clamped for 24h.
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