# can you hubstack a protostar or a starlight
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-hubstack-a-protostar-or-a-starlight/45475
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [November 21, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-hubstack-a-protostar-or-a-starlight/45475 "2012-11-21T06:26:07Z")
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### Author:  [@apl98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/apl98)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-hubstack-a-protostar-or-a-starlight/45475/1 "2012-11-21T06:26:07Z")
i was wondering if you can you hubstack a protostar or a starlight i heard you could but im not quite shure if you can or not. does anyone have tips or a video?
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-hubstack-a-protostar-or-a-starlight/45475/2 "2012-11-21T06:55:10Z")
> [@apl98](#):
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> i was wondering if you can you hubstack a protostar or a starlight i heard you could but im not quite shure if you can or not. does anyone have tips or a video?
You can hubstack most any yoyo if you put your mind to it and have access to the proper tools, knowledge and skills.
I will say it won’t be easy. You gotta bust out the cap in some way, or otherwise drill through it to get a method to attach the stack post. This would NOT be a good first-time mod.
By the way, it’s “sure”, not “shure”. Shure is a real word too, but it’s the brand name of a microphone company.
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### Author:  [@Yonut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yonut)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-hubstack-a-protostar-or-a-starlight/45475/3 "2012-11-21T23:26:06Z")
I think if you popped the caps off somehow the axle would be exposed. Emphasis on I think. Then, you could replace the axle with a PGM axle then add stacks. Again, I THINK.
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### Author:  [@Coffelt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Coffelt)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-hubstack-a-protostar-or-a-starlight/45475/4 "2012-11-22T01:50:21Z")
I am pretty good at taking stuff apart. The protostar/northstar/etc. caps are not in any way easy to remove.
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### Author:  [@SuperSnSProductions](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SuperSnSProductions)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-hubstack-a-protostar-or-a-starlight/45475/5 "2012-11-22T02:13:15Z")
> [@Coffelt](#):
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> I am pretty good at taking stuff apart. The protostar/northstar/etc. caps are not in any way easy to remove.
Over tightened a protostar cracked almost a perfectly at the cap.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-hubstack-a-protostar-or-a-starlight/45475/6 "2012-11-22T02:22:26Z")
Unless you have the right tools, and like to fool around with stuff, you’re further ahead buying a yoyo that comes w/hubstacks. At least you know it’s been done right, with all the right parts.
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### Author:  [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/can-you-hubstack-a-protostar-or-a-starlight/45475/7 "2012-11-22T03:47:23Z")
Yes, but you have to cut the caps off.