Dark magic suddenly became responsive

General Yo-Yo
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Hello,

I’ve had my dark magic for about 6 months now. I bought thick lube and lubed my yoyo on the first day because at that time I couldn’t do bind return.
About a month ago my dark magic suddenly turns very responsive. I just need to light tug my hand and the yoyo will snap back quickly. I took apart the yoyo. The bear doesn’t spin well when i use my finger to spin it. The yoyo also makes loud scratching sound. Not only it’s responsive, it spins for less time too!
What is wrong with my yoyo?

Thanks.

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try cleaning your bearing with lighter fluid or mineral spirits :smiley:

3

After you clean it make sure you put a small amount of thin lube on the bearing. This will keep it from grinding itself to death.

4

Mhmm, take out the c-clips on the sides of the bearing with a needle then get the shields out. After that go into your garage or somewhere well ventilated, fill a container with mineral spirits, trumpet valve oil, lighter fluid, etc., and put your bearing in for 5 minutes. After that blow it out with compressed air or spin in around on something to get all the solution out of your bearing. Add a needle drop of thin lube if you want unresponsive and replace the shields first, then the c-clips.

5

Trumpet valve oil is not used for cleaning. Its used for lubing. lol

6

Lol, your right :stuck_out_tongue:

7

Does this really work? I play trombone and we use the same stuff for our slides… So I got a whole bottle sitting in my trombone case…

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i use trumpet oil and it works pretty good for me.

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Yes it works. I havent used it though, I use sewing machine oil.