# Duncan FH1 replacement parts / Disassembly advice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [June 7, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-fh1-replacement-parts-disassembly-advice/358404 "2022-06-07T05:09:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![suspense](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/suspense/32/178499_2.png) [@suspense](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/suspense)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-fh1-replacement-parts-disassembly-advice/358404/1 "2022-06-07T05:09:40Z")
Is there any option to just buy duncan FH1 guts? Axle, nuts, spacers? I’m asking because everytime I want to take caps off of a fresh FH1 I’m rolling the dice on ruining my axle. Here’s the issue I have. ![IMG_4879](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/8/5/a85a32cc211f686984e295d4b7cac7bd5eb739f8.jpeg) I can not find a way to remove this axle without damaging it. It’s so tight inside of the nut that getting it to break loose means that my pliers or whatever other tool’s teeth/knurling cut grooves into the axle and ruin it. If I choose to put something over the teeth//knurling, 2 layers of a rag, then I lose all of my grip and get no where. Most recently I tried to remove the caps on a new Freehand and I was forced to sacrifice the axle to get the caps off because it was so tight that my father assumed there was loctite on there - we were forced to use vice grips… I don’t really know of the best way to remove the axle from these, so I’d appreciate some advice. I may just stop trying to remove their caps all together - especially if there’s no replacement part option. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-fh1-replacement-parts-disassembly-advice/358404/2 "2022-06-07T06:28:33Z")
We have a Bingo. This is an older problem solving video I made. The info is the answer you need\> [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/0/9/309d5b497c8b041711a59c79ac684c7877524166.jpeg "November 18, 2020") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukrJ_va05OM) PS… this is not only informative but it makes me laugh to watch… I made the video in response to a player that was having axle trouble with his YYF 2020 looper. That is what I am referring to in the beginning of the dialogue. What I think is sorta funny was when I made the video it was very late at night. My girl was sleeping. So I was whispering(kinda) and that is why I sound like I’m whispering, lol. It’s almost like I’m sharing a secret and I don’t want the raccoons outside to know. When I was done posting the video up to YouTube, I went into the bedroom closet to put my Nikon away. Silent like a church mouse with a tiny flashlight. As I slipped out of the pitch dark bedroom like a Ninja, my girl asked me, ‘So, how did the video turn out’? ……Good stealth mode job…… Mo…. Lolol. “Uh, fine dear”…. Doh! ---
**Author:** ![suspense](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/suspense/32/178499_2.png) [@suspense](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/suspense)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-fh1-replacement-parts-disassembly-advice/358404/3 "2022-06-07T07:13:50Z")
🙏 thank you Doc! This is exactly what I was hoping for. Off to the hardware store tomorrow, and I guess a new FH to steal the guts from. Greatly appreciated!!