# Axel help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [June 26, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-help/404125 "2024-06-26T15:34:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_baseball19](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo_baseball19/32/172521_2.png) [@Yoyo\_baseball19](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_baseball19)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-help/404125/1 "2024-06-26T15:34:30Z")
I got my shutter wide angle about a week ago, and I absolutely love it. BUT, the big one big problem with it is that it keeps unscrewing itself mid-spin. Sometimes it completely falls apart and goes all over the place, dinging the two halves. Do yall have any recommendations on how to make this stop? ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-help/404125/2 "2024-06-26T15:50:54Z")
How tight will it screw together? It may be stripped and not tightening enough, or it simply hasn’t been tightened enough yet. With a proper tightening this shouldn’t happen. Try to get a good close up pic of the threads in both halves so you can see what condition they’re in. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-help/404125/3 "2024-06-27T01:09:57Z")
How to tighten your yoyo… > [@un-Screwed?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/un-screwed/299096/34): > > I know this is impossible to quanitfy, but how tight… > > I usually spin the halves until they stop spinning freely, then tighten until I feel resistance. Then one solid snug down and viola! > [@un-Screwed?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/un-screwed/299096/35): > > The old rule of thumb (or maybe we should call it the rule of palms) is to hold the yoyo between your palms and tighten it until it slips on your palm (w/o gripping with your fingers). The method you describe is pretty much the way I do it and it works fine. Another trick is to put a couple of wraps of plumbers teflon tape on the axle. ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-help/404125/4 "2024-06-27T12:06:51Z")
I have some yo-yos that unscrew too easily after being tightened the correct amount and think the plumbers tape might be the solution here ---
**Author:** ![yocolas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yocolas/32/592703_2.png) [@yocolas](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yocolas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-help/404125/5 "2024-06-28T15:29:16Z")
use a thread locker, use it at the axle side without the hex “hole?” this is better than using plumber tape