# Don't unscrew your Speedaholic. **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [May 31, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942 "2015-05-31T22:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/1 "2015-05-31T22:36:12Z")
My Speedaholic was very smooth and fun to play with, but i unscrewed it to get a knot out and ever since then it has a really bad pulsating vibe. The axle isn’t attached to the yoyo, so when It got unscrewed the axle was no longer seated completely tight, hence the vibe. So just be safe and dig your knots out of it with a pencil instead so yours doesn’t suffer the same fate. ---
**Author:** ![kadabrium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kadabrium/32/1522_2.png) [@kadabrium](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kadabrium)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/2 "2015-05-31T22:46:53Z")
or dont buy a speedaholic ---
**Author:** ![Nemyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nemyo/32/14407_2.png) [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/3 "2015-05-31T22:55:54Z")
or learn to tune ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/4 "2015-05-31T22:59:22Z")
> [@kadabrium](#): > > or dont buy a speedaholic This was more so for someone who already had one. > [@Owen](#): > > or learn to tune I got it back pretty close to how smooth it was before, but It’s still not quite like it was. ---
**Author:** ![Sweetwilliej](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sweetwilliej/32/1388_2.png) [@Sweetwilliej](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sweetwilliej)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/5 "2015-05-31T23:04:03Z")
I’ve unscrewed my speedaholic a ton and never had an issue. Try moving the nut to a different position until it smooths out. If you cant smooth It out at least they only cost 15 bucks. Auto correct, it happens! ---
**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/6 "2015-05-31T23:15:22Z")
[quote=“Sweetwilliej,post:5,topic:74942”] I’ve unscrewed my speed a holiday > [@Sweetwilliej](#): > > I’ve unscrewed my speed a holiday a ton and never had an issue. ^.^ so I’m guessing you had a quick holiday? ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/7 "2015-05-31T23:32:48Z")
yoyos are meant to be unscrewed you just have to learn how to put it back together right ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/8 "2015-05-31T23:41:15Z")
He’s been around the block, he knows what he’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![theappe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@theappe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theappe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/9 "2015-06-01T14:16:34Z")
I’ve unscrewed my speedaholic countless times and I havent had an issue. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Nemyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nemyo/32/14407_2.png) [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/10 "2015-06-01T14:48:38Z")
> [@mrciurleo](#): > > He’s been around the block, he knows what he’s doing. Regardless, tuning a Speedaholic is do-able. It takes a darn-diggity long time and may be considered tough, but I’ve tuned multiple Speedaholics. Tuning a Speedaholic is what I would call fine tuning. It’s difficult and you’re going to have to tune it a minuscule amount at a time, but you can do it. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/11 "2015-06-01T17:30:29Z")
Gotta align the hex nuts on both sides. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/12 "2015-06-01T19:12:39Z")
> [@Owen](#): > > Regardless, tuning a Speedaholic is do-able. It takes a darn-diggity long time and may be considered tough, but I’ve tuned multiple Speedaholics. Tuning a Speedaholic is what I would call fine tuning. It’s difficult and you’re going to have to tune it a minuscule amount at a time, but you can do it. I’ve been working on it and It’s almostttttttt back to where it was. ---
**Author:** ![Zareli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zareli](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zareli)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dont-unscrew-your-speedaholic/74942/13 "2015-06-04T15:19:57Z")
The same happened to my Northstar. I tried to tune it but it only made it worse (at some point the axle went through and killed the yoyo completely). I’ll avoid both of them in the future.