# Cap removal
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [July 11, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171 "2009-07-11T22:31:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Contagon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Contagon)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171/1 "2009-07-11T22:31:07Z")
I just got my used Legacy today and what to perserve what’s left of the caps. I got one out, (used a suction cup) but the other one is a bugger! Any tips?
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### Author:  [@rsmod123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rsmod123)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171/2 "2009-07-11T23:49:25Z")
Have you tried using duct tape yet?
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### Author:  [@DaShiznit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DaShiznit)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171/3 "2009-07-12T04:24:24Z")
Well, if you don’t mind a hole in the cap, use a knife (but be careful!) and puncture the cap around the edge. Then, just used the knife handle as a handle to pop the cap out.
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### Author:  [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171/4 "2009-07-12T04:29:27Z")
> [@D@§h!zn!t](#):
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> Well, if you don’t mind a hole in the cap, use a knife (but be careful!) and puncture the cap around the edge. Then, just used the knife handle as a handle to pop the cap out.
I think he would mind:
> [@Contagon](#):
>
> Want to perserve what’s left of the caps.
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### Author:  [@rsmod123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rsmod123)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171/5 "2009-07-12T04:30:10Z")
> [@gm user](#):
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> > [@D@§h!zn!t](#):
> >
> > Well, if you don’t mind a hole in the cap, use a knife (but be careful!) and puncture the cap around the edge. Then, just used the knife handle as a handle to pop the cap out.
>
> I think he would mind:
> Want to perserve what’s left of the caps.
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Sigh, you posted a few seconds before me.
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### Author:  [@DaShiznit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DaShiznit)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171/6 "2009-07-12T04:36:36Z")
> [@gm user](#):
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> > [@D@§h!zn!t](#):
> >
> > Well, if you don’t mind a hole in the cap, use a knife (but be careful!) and puncture the cap around the edge. Then, just used the knife handle as a handle to pop the cap out.
>
> I think he would mind:
>
> > [@Contagon](#):
> >
> > Want to perserve what’s left of the caps.
Well, what is left…
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### Author:  [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171/7 "2009-07-12T04:44:03Z")
> [@D@§h!zn!t](#):
>
> > [@gm user](#):
> >
> > > [@D@§h!zn!t](#):
> > >
> > > Well, if you don’t mind a hole in the cap, use a knife (but be careful!) and puncture the cap around the edge. Then, just used the knife handle as a handle to pop the cap out.
> >
> > I think he would mind:
> >
> > > [@Contagon](#):
> > >
> > > Want to perserve what’s left of the caps.
>
> Well, what is left…
He want to preserve it, though.
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### Author:  [@DaShiznit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DaShiznit)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cap-removal/4171/8 "2009-07-12T05:09:37Z")
> [@gm user](#):
>
> > [@D@§h!zn!t](#):
> >
> > > [@gm user](#):
> > >
> > > > [@D@§h!zn!t](#):
> > > >
> > > > Well, if you don’t mind a hole in the cap, use a knife (but be careful!) and puncture the cap around the edge. Then, just used the knife handle as a handle to pop the cap out.
> > >
> > > I think he would mind:
> > >
> > > > [@Contagon](#):
> > > >
> > > > Want to perserve what’s left of the caps.
> >
> > Well, what is left…
>
> He want to preserve it, though.
I pwn…