# Brake pads working against unresponsive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brake-pads-working-against-unresponsive/49985 "2013-02-24T21:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brake-pads-working-against-unresponsive/49985/1 "2013-02-24T21:05:08Z")
Ok, I have heard a few times, "Brake pads work against unresponsive. So I’d like to know. Can a yoyo with brake pads be unresponsive? If It can’t, why not??? ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brake-pads-working-against-unresponsive/49985/2 "2013-02-24T21:38:51Z")
response pads adjust how easy or hard binds are, but they do not cause a yoyo to be responsive or not.(unless of course you have them on in a way that makes them touch the bearing.) A total lack of reponse pads could cause a yoyo to be unresponsive but you will see the string still wind if you have a lubed bearing it just won’t catch and return. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brake-pads-working-against-unresponsive/49985/3 "2013-02-24T21:43:46Z")
> [@Schnayke](#): > > response pads adjust how easy or hard binds are, but they do not cause a yoyo to be responsive or not.(unless of course you have them on in a way that makes them touch the bearing.) > A total lack of reponse pads could cause a yoyo to be unresponsive but you will see the string still wind if you have a lubed bearing it just won’t catch and return. So can I make a dragon fly unresponsive?? ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brake-pads-working-against-unresponsive/49985/4 "2013-02-24T21:51:39Z")
sure. Clean the bearing. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brake-pads-working-against-unresponsive/49985/5 "2013-02-24T22:49:19Z")
> [@Schnayke](#): > > sure. Clean the bearing. Already done :). ---
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brake-pads-working-against-unresponsive/49985/6 "2013-02-24T23:14:07Z")
Throw strait, and smooth and you should have an unresponsive yoyo. With the gap like it is on those yoyos a crooked throw is going to cause the string to ride on the response and wind up the string. ---
**Author:** ![yooldman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooldman/32/1213_2.png) [@yooldman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yooldman)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/brake-pads-working-against-unresponsive/49985/7 "2013-02-25T01:06:41Z")
Beefcake it. I did my old bumblebee from the 90’s. Plays like a beast, totally unresponsive.