# Broken Protostar ! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [February 12, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703 "2011-02-12T21:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/21 "2011-02-20T04:40:28Z")
BEFORE: [http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/5176/img9779kc.jpg](http://img576.imageshack.us/i/img9779kc.jpg/) AFTER: [http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3764/img9780v.jpg](http://img703.imageshack.us/i/img9780v.jpg/) [http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/3299/img9783b.jpg](http://img843.imageshack.us/i/img9783b.jpg/) [http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4797/img9786n.jpg](http://img502.imageshack.us/i/img9786n.jpg/) Both caps have popped out now. ---
**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/22 "2011-02-20T04:43:40Z")
> [@Icthus](#): > > I would like to say that Codyjam was right in the very first place. You forgot to put the bearing in and tightened it up which is what popped the cap off. That is the only way that could have happened. The bearing was already inside the yoyo. ---
**Author:** ![Vivo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vivo/32/419_2.png) [@Vivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Vivo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/23 "2011-02-20T04:44:47Z")
BEAUTIFUL. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/24 "2011-02-20T04:45:50Z")
> [@Vivo](#): > > BEAUTIFUL. > > 🙂 I tried to break it open but the plastic is too good ! I’ve hammered it, screwdrivered it, shanked it, thrown it on the floor, and nothing seems to work. ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/25 "2011-02-20T04:58:48Z")
> [@ItzChris](#): > > > [@Vivo](#): > > > > BEAUTIFUL. > > > > 🙂 > > I tried to break it open but the plastic is too good ! I’ve hammered it, screwdrivered it, shanked it, thrown it on the floor, and nothing seems to work. give it to a kindergardener itll be out. ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/26 "2011-02-20T07:03:03Z")
I’m totally unfamiliar with those yo-yos, but is the axle nut and head embedded in the caps? Couldn’t you just hold 1 cap with some pliers and twist the other cap to ‘unscrew’ the yo-yo? Knowing me, I would have seen if I could still rescue the old yo-yo much like I revived my nearly destroyed Peterfish Dominator. ---
**Author:** ![MikeMonster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mikemonster/32/365_2.png) [@MikeMonster](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MikeMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/27 "2011-02-21T01:37:42Z")
same thing happened to my proto a ways back, it was on its side on my floor and i stepped on it (accidentally). theres no way to fix it because the caps broke off, only resolution is to get a new one. one way to get the bearing out is to put half in a clamp and use pliers on the other side to try to twist it apart. ---
**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/28 "2011-02-23T02:18:42Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAd-vpzf9Qc) Got both caps out. ---
**Author:** ![Preinfalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/preinfalk/32/551_2.png) [@Preinfalk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Preinfalk)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/29 "2011-02-23T03:17:14Z")
you could also finish it my way :wink: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/e/4/ae4f416109b0f3822c6514835ac4c9dc784d5d18.jpeg "End Of A Yomega x-brain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax-hAvDaN3w) ---
**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/30 "2011-02-23T19:59:45Z")
> [@Preinfalk](#): > > you could also finish it my way :wink: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax-hAvDaN3w](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax-hAvDaN3w) LOL. AWESOME VIDEO !! ---
**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/31 "2011-02-23T20:28:35Z")
FINALLY. Had 2 pliers, one grabbed one side and I unscrewed the nut from the axle on the other side. Job well done. Sad news though, the speed bearing in it, is chipped, and the bearing isnt spinning that well. Ohwell. Just thin lubed it so it should be ok. [http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/4515/img9878m.jpg](http://img812.imageshack.us/i/img9878m.jpg/) [http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8611/img9881.jpg](http://img231.imageshack.us/i/img9881.jpg/) ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703/32 "2011-02-23T20:43:06Z")
> [@ItzChris](#): > > FINALLY. Had 2 pliers, one grabbed one side and I unscrewed the nut from the axle on the other side. Job well done. Sad news though, the speed bearing in it, is chipped, and the bearing isnt spinning that well. Ohwell. Just thin lubed it so it should be ok. > > [http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/4515/img9878m.jpg](http://img812.imageshack.us/i/img9878m.jpg/) > > [http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8611/img9881.jpg](http://img231.imageshack.us/i/img9881.jpg/) _whistles_ wow thats bad. just keep it for laffs. yes, laffs [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/broken-protostar/23703.md?page=1)