# Do shutter bearings come dry?

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**Created:** [February 24, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-shutter-bearings-come-dry/299249 "2019-02-24T05:22:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![jolly0707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jolly0707/32/169166_2.png) [@jolly0707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jolly0707)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-shutter-bearings-come-dry/299249/1 "2019-02-24T05:22:40Z")

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Do shutter bearings come dry?

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-shutter-bearings-come-dry/299249/2 "2019-02-24T05:29:01Z")

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I’m fairly sure most bigco yoyo bearings come very lightly lubed. I’d actually be interested to hear what @yyfben2.deactivated has to say on this?

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**Author:** ![jolly0707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jolly0707/32/169166_2.png) [@jolly0707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jolly0707)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-shutter-bearings-come-dry/299249/3 "2019-02-24T17:02:19Z")

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should I just lube it?

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**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-shutter-bearings-come-dry/299249/4 "2019-02-24T17:08:40Z")

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whats the problem you’re having that makes you want to “just lube it”?

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**Author:** ![jolly0707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jolly0707/32/169166_2.png) [@jolly0707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jolly0707)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-shutter-bearings-come-dry/299249/5 "2019-02-24T20:06:51Z")

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it is a little louder than when I got it yesterday.

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**Author:** ![jolly0707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jolly0707/32/169166_2.png) [@jolly0707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jolly0707)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-shutter-bearings-come-dry/299249/6 "2019-02-24T20:07:24Z")

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I am not sure if that means I should lube or not?

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**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-shutter-bearings-come-dry/299249/7 "2019-02-25T03:46:48Z")

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just don’t add very much or you’ll have to clean it in acetone.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/do-shutter-bearings-come-dry/299249/8 "2019-02-25T06:25:11Z")

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I found these comments [from yyfben](https://www.reddit.com/user/yyfben)

> In a perfect world, everyone plays with tight slightly lubricanted bearings. Everyone understands break in periods. Everyone knows how to clean and maintain bearings. Then there is reality. SPEC bearings are spec’ed loose and dry. They are open to lint and crud but out of the box typically they spin loose and fast. This is now standard demanded fare and the limited complaints from this are dwarfed by the complaints when we include a tighter quieter bearing. Price is no more or less for us. It’s the market that dictates what we add. We would love to see a change too.