# Back to the Basic: Returning after 5 years absent

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [July 21, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-the-basic-returning-after-5-years-absent/75896 "2015-07-21T12:29:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![SpiderPig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spiderpig/32/237_2.png) [@SpiderPig](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpiderPig)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-the-basic-returning-after-5-years-absent/75896/1 "2015-07-21T12:29:13Z")

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So, after 5 years being an “adult” after graduating college and not playing at all, I pulled my OneDrop Project2 out of my drawer and started throwing again. I need some help. I’m not getting very good sleep times on it and I throw pretty hard. Do you think I just need to get some thinner strings? New Bearing?

I lubed the bearing with trumpet oil so it runs smooth. . . just not for a long time.

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**Author:** ![hobbyman101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@hobbyman101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbyman101)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-the-basic-returning-after-5-years-absent/75896/2 "2015-07-21T12:52:24Z")

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I the only help I can offer is to use the “Learn” section at this site.  
You will find a lot of adult throwers here and many ( not me!) are quit good. So welcome back to the throw.

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-the-basic-returning-after-5-years-absent/75896/3 "2015-07-21T13:09:15Z")

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> [@SpiderPig](#):
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> I lubed the bearing with trumpet oil so it runs smooth. . . just not for a long time.

If it’s been 5 years since you threw it, the lube that was in there originally has probably broken down and you need to give it a quick clean. Adding lube will make it smooth, but will also add drag which is probably why you’re not getting the sleep times you remember.

Welcome back to the fun 🙂

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**Author:** ![SpiderPig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spiderpig/32/237_2.png) [@SpiderPig](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpiderPig)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-the-basic-returning-after-5-years-absent/75896/4 "2015-07-22T14:46:29Z")

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So I cleaned the bearing and it didn’t make much of a difference but it turns out that the bearing in my old X-Convict spins really well. I swapped them out and it plays really really nicely now. Might need to replace that other bearing

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**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/back-to-the-basic-returning-after-5-years-absent/75896/5 "2015-07-22T20:35:28Z")

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> [@SpiderPig](#):
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> So I cleaned the bearing and it didn’t make much of a difference but it turns out that the bearing in my old X-Convict spins really well. I swapped them out and it plays really really nicely now. Might need to replace that other bearing

Sometimes you just gotta, yeah.