# C-sized bearings in looping yo-yos

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**Created:** [November 16, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/c-sized-bearings-in-looping-yo-yos/436357 "2025-11-16T13:10:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/c-sized-bearings-in-looping-yo-yos/436357/6 "2025-11-17T06:13:54Z")

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> [@openThrow](#):
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> My question is, what needs to change to make a c-sized bearing work? Is it the diameter of the yo-yo? They didn’t seem that different.

Short answer is you need to use a different bearing. Small bearings (K, E, etc) are suitable for looping, and large (C) bearings are not.

If you look at the 2a yoyo setting cheat sheet here: [Loop Setting Cheat Sheet (2a)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loop-setting-cheat-sheet-2a/384726)

you will see that to adjust a yoyo to loop more upwards you can shorten the string, widen the gap, or use thinner string. However, using a wider gap or thinner string lessens the response - which is already in trouble with a large bearing. So the last thing you can really tune is to use a smaller bearing design, so you can adjust the rest of the yoyo to work acceptably for looping.

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