# Bearing problems

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-problems/49987>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [February 24, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-problems/49987 "2013-02-24T21:28:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![AntonEntertainment](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@AntonEntertainment](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AntonEntertainment)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-problems/49987/1 "2013-02-24T21:28:54Z")

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So I was yo-yoing with a YYF spec X bearing and it began to smell like it was burning. So what do I do? What does this mean? Do I lubricate it? Or clean it?

I just received it a week ago.

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**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-problems/49987/2 "2013-02-24T21:33:46Z")

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Sulfer smell? I wouldn’t think it was the bearing. Unless it is rubbing on the ano some how. If it smells something like striking a match then what you have is something burning off the ano. normaly that is done when playing 3A or dinging a yoyo.

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**Author:** ![Modern\_yoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/modern_yoyos/32/198255_2.png) [@Modern\_yoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Modern_yoyos)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-problems/49987/3 "2013-02-24T21:49:47Z")

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If it happened right after you dinged it its just the smell a yoyo makes when getting dinged.

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**Author:** ![AntonEntertainment](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@AntonEntertainment](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AntonEntertainment)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-problems/49987/4 "2013-02-24T21:49:47Z")

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Yeah, it kind of smells like that but my yoyo is Raw. So what can I do about it?

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**Author:** ![AntonEntertainment](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@AntonEntertainment](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AntonEntertainment)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-problems/49987/5 "2013-02-24T21:52:23Z")

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I did not ding it, it did get really responsive like how bearings do when they break in. So I just threw really hard sleepers.

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**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-problems/49987/6 "2013-02-24T23:15:16Z")

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Are you sure its raw and not clear anodized?

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**Author:** ![yoyoavenger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoavenger/32/884_2.png) [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-problems/49987/7 "2013-02-24T23:20:07Z")

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The string could be burning.