# Axel popping out from the side of My Shutter....
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-popping-out-from-the-side-of-my-shutter/68059
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [July 25, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-popping-out-from-the-side-of-my-shutter/68059 "2014-07-25T16:03:15Z")
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### Author:  [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-popping-out-from-the-side-of-my-shutter/68059/21 "2014-08-07T20:39:46Z")
> [@GregP](#):
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> How is that even possible, though? Imagine the threads in the halves, with a bearing in-between as a “tunnel”. The axle would have to be longer than this “tunnel” in order for that to happen. You could be the strongest person in the world and tighten your hardest, and at a certain point it just can’t tighten anymore and the threads will strip.
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> You can overtighten with certain plastic yoyos because of their spacer and axle systems. But for just tapped aluminum halves, unless the axle gets somehow “stuck” (usually cross-threading) in one half before it has gone to maximum depth, you just can’t mathematically do it.
We were actually at a yyf class, so Tyler Severance was able to explain it. I don’t know if its actually this problem, but I believe the earlier shutters actually had too long axels that could be overtightened and sort of go through the side.
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-popping-out-from-the-side-of-my-shutter/68059/22 "2014-08-09T04:20:05Z")
> [@YoCyanightYo](#):
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> We were actually at a yyf class, so Tyler Severance was able to explain it. I don’t know if its actually this problem, but I believe the earlier shutters actually had too long axels that could be overtightened and sort of go through the side.
Aight. I’ll chalk it up to bad design then. :wink: There should be a full millimetre of “wiggle room” to avoid this happening.
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### Author:  [@matt\_the\_bat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/matt_the_bat)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-popping-out-from-the-side-of-my-shutter/68059/23 "2014-09-27T06:10:22Z")
> [@GregP](#):
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> Aight. I’ll chalk it up to bad design then. :wink: There should be a full millimetre of “wiggle room” to avoid this happening.
Yep, I’ve got one of these with the exact same issue. Doesn’t seem to affect play though. Mine was a first run shutter too.
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### Author:  [@nolangherity](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nolangherity)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-popping-out-from-the-side-of-my-shutter/68059/24 "2014-09-27T22:11:07Z")
> [@Chad03109](#):
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> I did that to mine also the aluminum in that area is thin. I barely snugged it up in one side and noticed a bump so I did it to the other to make it even. Doesn’t really do anything should be fine.
exact same thing happened to mine. except mine vibed afterwards.
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