# D.I.Y. Troubleshooting Help
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [September 2, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184 "2026-09-02T13:41:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/1 "2026-09-02T13:41:12Z")
I’ve got a DocPop DIY, which I absolutely love. Lately, though, it’s been making a REALLY weird rattling noise, and losing spin really fast and will randomly go responsive. It hasn’t acted like this at all previously.
I’ve tried swapping bearings, using thinner string, etc…
Maybe someone else here has ad this issue an can steer me in the right direction.
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### Author:  [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/2 "2026-09-02T14:08:44Z")
Probably obvious, but you made sure the other bearings you tried are good in other yoyos first, right? If so then check the spacers. Are they both installed, in the proper orientation, and fully pressed into the yoyo?
This is what it should look like
If the both spacers are installed, facing the right direction, fully pressed in, and there’s no debris or anything underneath them, then you can see if the hub pieces are fully seated into the cup of the yoyo. Just press on the little fingerspin bits in the cup to see if you can press then further into the yoyo. If you’re sure the bearing isn’t the issue then it’s probably the spacers or hub pieces.
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### Author:  [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/3 "2026-09-02T14:14:12Z")
One of the spacers fell right out when I took the bearing out. Sat it back in snugly, make sure the hardware was seated properly…and now it’s silent!
It’s now also fully responsive…
Bearing is good in other throws.
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### Author:  [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/4 "2026-09-02T14:18:25Z")
Are you sure the spacers aren’t upside down? What you just described makes it sound like you’ve got a clean bearing, but it can’t spin feely when it’s in your DIY. The spacers being installed upside down can cause that.
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### Author:  [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/5 "2026-09-02T14:26:08Z")
Need pics of the seat and hub
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### Author:  [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/6 "2026-09-02T14:27:25Z")
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### Author:  [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/7 "2026-09-02T14:31:15Z")
I’ve flipped each spacer both ways now. each side looks pretty much the same, except a small groove on one side .
Spacer and flipped spacer
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### Author:  [@Tempura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tempura)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/8 "2026-09-02T14:36:07Z")
Left side orientation is correct.
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### Author:  [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/9 "2026-09-02T14:36:37Z")
OMG. It took my macro lens for my old man eyes to see the difference. It’s working now!
Thanks, all!
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/10 "2026-09-02T18:13:20Z")
@DocPop you should add engravings to your spacers! like this!
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### Author:  [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/11 "2026-09-02T18:50:38Z")
i second this! despite the fact that the first thing i did with my asterisk was lose a spacer…🤦♂️
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### Author:  [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/12 "2026-09-02T18:53:22Z")
If you sharpy which side is up and mail them to me I’ll engrave them :joy:
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### Author:  [@DocPop](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DocPop)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/13 "2026-09-03T03:59:37Z")
Oh hell yeah, I totally should. Good suggestion!
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### Author:  [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/14 "2026-09-03T11:49:51Z")
This got me thinking. Is there somewhere to get replacement spacers, or different hubs if I want to swap colors?
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### Author:  [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/15 "2026-09-03T14:49:34Z")
> [@rkalajian](#):
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> replacement spacers
These are the same spacers
> **[Thesis Spacers](https://yoyoexpert.com/products/thesis-yoyo-replacement-spacers)**
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> Spacers are one of the most commonly lost little pieces of a yoyo, right up there with rogue axles and bearings, but harder to find replacements for. If you've ever lost one then you already know how frustrating it can be. Thesis took this into...
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### Author:  [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/d-i-y-troubleshooting-help/452184/16 "2026-09-03T15:21:54Z")
Hell yeah! Just ordered some. Thanks!