# Ceramic bearing
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ceramic-bearing/46051
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [December 3, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ceramic-bearing/46051 "2012-12-03T01:57:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@junkim100](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/junkim100)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ceramic-bearing/46051/1 "2012-12-03T01:57:31Z")
Will lube make the bearing slowdown?
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### Author:  [@Yonut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yonut)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ceramic-bearing/46051/2 "2012-12-03T02:04:52Z")
Don’t lube it at all. Or clean it. It ruins ceramics.
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### Author:  [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ceramic-bearing/46051/3 "2012-12-03T02:05:34Z")
Introducing a viscous liquid like lube into anything will slow it down. That said, I was under the impression that ceramic bearings didn’t need lube.
Yuki
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ceramic-bearing/46051/4 "2012-12-03T03:08:29Z")
They don’t need lube, but it’s a myth that lube will ruin them. You might choose to lightly lube (just as you would with a steel bearing) to help tame noise levels.
I even got a ceramic bearing that came pre-lubed. Had to use the paper slip cleaning technique on it.
Personally, if I knew it didn’t need lube, I would never lube it. If I want a quieter throw for some reason, I will simply swap in a lubed 10-ball rather than mess with the ceramic.
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### Author:  [@Jagmcool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jagmcool)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ceramic-bearing/46051/5 "2012-12-03T05:27:18Z")
They never need lubed, but they do still need cleaned like any other bearing.