# Axel stuck. Pls help **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [August 12, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611 "2017-08-12T19:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cameronarant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cameronarant](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameronarant)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/1 "2017-08-12T19:45:29Z")
So I got my yoyo from a trade and the axel is like glued in there. And it’s not on the side where I can use my yyf tool. And I’ve tried pliers. Pls help lol ---
**Author:** ![WoodRat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/woodrat/32/1651_2.png) [@WoodRat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WoodRat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/2 "2017-08-12T20:41:51Z")
Does the axle really have to come out? If so, what is it glued with? If it’s locktite or similar, you can get a solvent to loosen it up. If it’s super glue, try vice grips or a bench vice. You’ll need to clean it out and replace the axle afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![EvanW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evanw/32/564_2.png) [@EvanW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanW)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/3 "2017-08-12T20:45:08Z")
Get a paper towel or some other cloth and wrap it around the axle. Now try using the pliers again. I find having a cloth around the axle gives me more grip and allows me to really crank down. It also protects the threads. ---
**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/4 "2017-08-12T20:49:21Z")
> [@WoodRat](#): > > Does the axle really have to come out? If you don’t have to take it out, don’t! ---
**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:** [August 13, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/5 "2017-08-13T01:13:17Z")
Try this \>\> Yo-Yo Modification and Maintenance \>\> Useful modification & maintenance guides - Axles,Clean, repair, tune, fix yoyos \>\> Double Nut method to Remove an Axle or \>\> How to remove a yoyo axle using a drill. ---
**Author:** ![cameronarant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cameronarant](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameronarant)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/6 "2017-08-13T02:22:55Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![cameronarant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cameronarant](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameronarant)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/7 "2017-08-13T19:39:41Z")
> [@Cannon](#): > > If you don’t have to take it out, don’t! I wanted to tune it that’s why ---
**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:** [August 13, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/8 "2017-08-13T22:36:31Z")
Please explain how removing the axle help to tune it? ---
**Author:** ![EvanW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evanw/32/564_2.png) [@EvanW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanW)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/9 "2017-08-13T22:59:43Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > Please explain how removing the axle help to tune it? A lot of people will take their axle out and turn it around to try and fine tune their yoyo. I personally have never had any luck with this reducing vibe but some people say it works so `¯\_(ツ)_/¯` ---
**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:** [August 13, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/10 "2017-08-13T23:50:20Z")
Doesn’t make any sense to me. The threads are the same in either direction. ---
**Author:** ![EvanW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evanw/32/564_2.png) [@EvanW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanW)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/11 "2017-08-14T04:38:02Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > Doesn’t make any sense to me. The threads are the same in either direction. I think the logic behind it is some kind of micro-shift in weight distribution will help reduce vibe a tiny bit. Like I said, I’ve never seen a difference but who knows. ---
**Author:** ![jrodriguez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jrodriguez/32/7914_2.png) [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/12 "2017-08-16T23:12:59Z")
I know some folks were under the impression that reversing the axle worked to tune YYJs and FHZs, but the reason those were tunable was that the gaps were adjustable, and thus the halves could be lined up differently. The one exception to this was some of the older yoyos with big axle threads prior to the universal use of a bearing post - stuff like the Fluchs, the Bape, etc. Those were tunable with teflon tape around the axle, but even that wasn’t because you were reversing the axle, though sometimes that seemed to be the reason; it was because there was enough play between the axle threads and the threading on the halves that the halves could be reoriented a bit. ---
**Author:** ![cameronarant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cameronarant](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameronarant)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/axel-stuck-pls-help/84611/13 "2017-08-18T14:02:17Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > Doesn’t make any sense to me. The threads are the same in either direction. I tune my yoyos all the time. It takes patience, but it definitely works.