# Bearing stuck in hubstack, any ideas? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 16, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431 "2022-05-16T22:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Momo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Momo1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Momo1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431/1 "2022-05-16T22:17:00Z")
I used a bearing removal tool to get another one out but this one just isn’t budging. Any ideas? Edit: the bearing is stuck inside the hubstack, but I got the hubstack out of the yoyo. Picture for reference: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/c/d/6cd99b2718a70fe0c96ad4119d098c694414f7f5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Roy\_Dodge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/roy_dodge/32/99408_2.png) [@Roy\_Dodge](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roy_Dodge)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431/2 "2022-05-16T22:18:11Z")
Stick it in the freezer for a bit and then try again with the tool. ---
**Author:** ![Momo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Momo1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Momo1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431/3 "2022-05-16T22:32:48Z")
Will do thank you ---
**Author:** ![Roy\_Dodge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/roy_dodge/32/99408_2.png) [@Roy\_Dodge](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roy_Dodge)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431/4 "2022-05-16T22:36:31Z")
You’re welcome. Good luck! That’s my go-to for stubborn bearings. 20 mins in the freezer seems to help with loosening a bearing. ---
**Author:** ![bobafret](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bobafret/32/260814_2.png) [@bobafret](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bobafret)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431/5 "2022-05-16T22:47:38Z")
For stubborn hubstacks another trick is to wrap a string around the post below the hub/bearing and then pull upward ---
**Author:** ![Momo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Momo1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Momo1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431/6 "2022-05-16T23:08:36Z")
Sorry I should’ve been more specific. The hubstack came out, but with the bearing stuck inside it. ---
**Author:** ![bobafret](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bobafret/32/260814_2.png) [@bobafret](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bobafret)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431/7 "2022-05-16T23:25:45Z")
Chopstick into bearing poking into outside of hubstack so you get it tight. Then hold the outside of the hubstack and rap base of chopstick onto counter top. ---
**Author:** ![OhDavidBowie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ohdavidbowie/32/149966_2.png) [@OhDavidBowie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/OhDavidBowie)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431/8 "2022-05-16T23:33:12Z")
Put a string around the bearing and try to pull it out. Worked for me before ---
**Author:** ![yyfben2.deactivated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@yyfben2.deactivated](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yyfben2.deactivated)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-hubstack-any-ideas/357431/9 "2022-05-17T01:45:08Z")
get the yoyo it came from turn the stuck hub stack around BACKWARDS. Press the hub stack post on the bearing while holding the plastic stack. A pencil will also work but I know you have the yoyo.