# elliot jackson peak wont unscrew **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [September 17, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222 "2010-09-17T13:55:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zomah2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zomah2/32/612_2.png) [@zomah2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zomah2)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/1 "2010-09-17T13:55:19Z")
i just got my peak yesterday because i finally managed to pay my mom back, and i cant unscrew it (help ???) does anyone know how to solve this? ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/2 "2010-09-17T15:54:44Z")
This isn’t to insult your intelligence, just to make sure (I’ve done it before), but are you turning it the correct way? ---
**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/3 "2010-09-17T17:45:43Z")
Lefty loosey, righty tighty. ---
**Author:** ![zomah2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zomah2/32/612_2.png) [@zomah2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zomah2)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/4 "2010-09-17T21:58:12Z")
im putting all my muscle to the left, but it wont unscrew ---
**Author:** ![P11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@P11](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/P11)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/5 "2010-09-17T22:22:28Z")
i had the same problem with my campfire, was dead tight, in the end i had to use a cloth and really really twist. But be carefull cuz you dont wanna tear the axel out and stuff :L ---
**Author:** ![Mi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mi1/32/626_2.png) [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/6 "2010-09-18T00:21:59Z")
I use channel locks and medical tape so I dont damage the rims. ---
**Author:** ![zomah2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zomah2/32/612_2.png) [@zomah2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zomah2)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/7 "2010-09-18T03:20:04Z")
> [@P11](#): > > i had the same problem with my campfire, was dead tight, in the end i had to use a cloth and really really twist. But be carefull cuz you dont wanna tear the axel out and stuff :L ive already used rubber gloves with all my might, and it didnt unscrew \>.\< ---
**Author:** ![Mi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mi1/32/626_2.png) [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/8 "2010-09-18T03:49:23Z")
> [@Mi1](#): > > I use channel locks and medical tape so I dont damage the rims. ---
**Author:** ![zomah2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zomah2/32/612_2.png) [@zomah2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zomah2)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/9 "2010-09-18T04:24:59Z")
> [@Mi1](#): > > > [@Mi1](#): > > > > I use channel locks and medical tape so I dont damage the rims. i dont have medical tape ---
**Author:** ![fady](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fady/32/303_2.png) [@fady](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fady)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/10 "2010-09-18T04:37:30Z")
send it back and get another one ---
**Author:** ![Mi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mi1/32/626_2.png) [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/11 "2010-09-18T04:57:04Z")
There are no more. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/12 "2010-09-18T05:16:03Z")
Just a shot in the dark, but maybe take off the string and shoot a generous quantity of WD40 into the hub area and let it sit for a day or so. Another option is to put it in the freezer for a couple of hours. This will tend to shrink the axle a smidge and open up the threaded hole a bit. This might be enough to get it apart. In fact, I’d try this before the WD40. ---
**Author:** ![Saldoom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saldoom/32/599_2.png) [@Saldoom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Saldoom)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/13 "2010-09-18T05:44:51Z")
leave it be for now, lift some wieghts, eat some steaks, meditate, concentrate, concentrate, and if you still can’t screw it apart by hand, get your father to do it, or go to your neerist gym and ask your friendly nieghberhood meethead to unscrew it for you by hand without crushing it into dust. All BS a-side useing any tools to take it apart is the last thing I would do IMO, wd40 isnt a bad idea, and frankly, I have Kristian Kaluzsa Peak, and it was dead smooth like an angel’s fresh \*\*\* out the box, do you realy need to take it apart now? I say play with it for some time, give it some good throws, show it some good good lovin’ then try to loosin it now and again and don’t fret if it’s not ready to loosin’ up for you just yet, one day you might just find yourself unscrewing it with the same amount of torque you would apply to an Oreo cookie. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/14 "2010-09-18T05:59:33Z")
> [@Saldoom](#): > > …do you realy need to take it apart now? I say play with it for some time… Hmmm, good idea. Can’t imagine why I didn’t think of that. 😃 But a couple of 12 inch pipe wrenches would do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Saldoom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saldoom/32/599_2.png) [@Saldoom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Saldoom)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/15 "2010-09-18T06:38:13Z")
I’d stick by what i said B4 > [@Saldoom](#): > > I say play with it for some time, give it some good throws, show it some good good lovin’ then try to loosin it now and again and don’t fret if it’s not ready to loosin’ up for you just yet, one day you might just find yourself unscrewing it with the same amount of torque you would apply to an Oreo cookie. but if you realy need to take it apart, cause your string tangles, (still would cut it and add new string though) or the respons needs R² (bind big as long as you can) and I reached the end of my rope, then i would rely on a strap wrench, the tool is meent for this sort of thing, uses a textured rubber strap to apply torque to perfectly round objects you can find that at any hardware store, theres all different sizes and materials to a strap wrench so find the one thats right for you, still though, to me being a last run peak I would even send it back and let CLYW unscrew it, cause if the threads strip, I’m sure they have the proper tap and die set to fix the threads in both halves and replace your axle. ---
**Author:** ![zomah2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zomah2/32/612_2.png) [@zomah2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zomah2)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/16 "2010-09-18T15:14:28Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > Just a shot in the dark, but maybe take off the string and shoot a generous quantity of WD40 into the hub area and let it sit for a day or so. > > Another option is to put it in the freezer for a couple of hours. This will tend to shrink the axle a smidge and open up the threaded hole a bit. This might be enough to get it apart. In fact, I’d try this before the WD40. omg ty so much!! the freezer thing worked!! problem solved, thread closed :D!!! [quote=“jhb8426,post:14,topic:19222”] > [@Saldoom](#): > > …do you realy need to take it apart now? I say play with it for some time… i was gonna put a KK in it because it rotated. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/elliot-jackson-peak-wont-unscrew/19222/17 "2010-09-19T03:08:10Z")
Glad to hear it worked.