# Fixed Axle February 2024 - Week 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Contests, Clubs, and Events\ **Created:** [February 1, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429 "2024-02-01T14:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/384 "2024-02-07T17:50:50Z")
I knew there was that size difference but I was hoping that operating as fixed axle might negate some of that. I guess not. I’ll remove that from the definitive parts list. ---
**Author:** ![Canspin65](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/canspin65/32/258222_2.png) [@Canspin65](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Canspin65)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/385 "2024-02-07T18:07:05Z")
Thanks for that. I can see the clip a bit with a magnifying glass, but didn’t notice the end cuts. Perhaps i was digging at the wrong end. Will try again ---
**Author:** ![bheinz63](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bheinz63/32/137310_2.png) [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/386 "2024-02-07T18:41:17Z")
gap width is what causes kickback, or kickforward, not whether its a bearing or an axle. i’d still keep the recommendation up, no reason to delete the suggestion =] ---
**Author:** ![YoYo-Boomer-Club](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo-boomer-club/32/264897_2.png) [@YoYo-Boomer-Club](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYo-Boomer-Club)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/387 "2024-02-07T19:31:46Z")
Awesome submissions everyone! This is your **last call** for submissions! Submissions for Week 1 are due in just over **12 hours** at 12:01AM PST on Thursday, 2/8. > [@YoYo-Boomer-Club](#): > > Video submissions must be posted to the YoyoExpert Thread before 12:01 AM Pacific Standard Time on Thursday, 2/8. ---
**Author:** ![HappyYoyoer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/happyyoyoer/32/266188_2.png) [@HappyYoyoer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HappyYoyoer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/388 "2024-02-07T19:45:16Z")
Sorry it’s a little late, I tried my best 🙂 Does it count? I ended up using a Spinstar without the sleeve, and it kinda sucked but it’s the only thing I could do since I didn’t have time to run out and grab a butterfly. Hopefully I’ll have one by next week! [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/4/9/d49bec160936fb5024c12e426b6b7ef10125ee33.jpeg "FAF week one #yoyo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIWL1lSuiCE) ---
**Author:** ![Lido](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lido/32/173650_2.png) [@Lido](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lido)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/389 "2024-02-07T19:47:50Z")
Back when it came out, someone here mentioned just taking the bearing out and tightening the halves together to make the RBC fixed and said it played better that way. Anyone still doing that? I like how it plays with the bearing too much and haven’t tried it. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoxcellence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoxcellence/32/240706_2.png) [@yoyoxcellence](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoxcellence)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/390 "2024-02-07T19:54:10Z")
I personally wouldn’t risk a yoyo at that price by overtightening it when a blank is cheap and works wonderfully. ---
**Author:** ![dnspens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dnspens/32/273473_2.png) [@dnspens](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dnspens)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/391 "2024-02-07T19:56:30Z")
My first 3 tricks, hope I can land the Luna stall & reverse stall on Video in the next 24h :wink: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/8/0/180ffba3fd9ce042398e6e6837a74abac9bd2fd3.jpeg "Fixed axle February week1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWcOTd2kXEo) ---
**Author:** ![Lido](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lido/32/173650_2.png) [@Lido](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lido)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/392 "2024-02-07T20:09:07Z")
I don’t think you over-tighten it, iirc you just screw the RBC halves together and the posts touch, forming a fixed axle. ---
**Author:** ![Xanadu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xanadu/32/84910_2.png) [@Xanadu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xanadu)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/393 "2024-02-07T20:15:27Z")
I have tried it that way. And that’s how @MarkD has set it up when playing in fixed axle contests. I personally didn’t like it, it causes a gap between the axle and the response, so I found the response to be inconsistent. ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/394 "2024-02-07T20:34:04Z")
I would be worried about stripping the yoyo or poking the axle through maybe it’s fine idk. I haven’t fiddled with it like that ---
**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/395 "2024-02-07T20:43:34Z")
It’s kinda nice putting faces to all these names!! ---
**Author:** ![Lido](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lido/32/173650_2.png) [@Lido](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lido)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/396 "2024-02-07T20:43:49Z")
There are probably photos of the inside from when someone opened theirs to show the UN engraving. No memory of it, but my guess is that the threads go through the inner halves. (not to derail this thread haha). ---
**Author:** ![Lido](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lido/32/173650_2.png) [@Lido](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lido)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/397 "2024-02-07T20:44:28Z")
I was thinking the same. My mug’s coming shortly once youtube finishes processing… ---
**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/398 "2024-02-07T20:50:09Z")
Nice!! Bullet brother. ---
**Author:** ![dnspens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dnspens/32/273473_2.png) [@dnspens](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dnspens)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/399 "2024-02-07T21:17:51Z")
My final 4! I no longer believed that I would be able to get Lunar Stall and Reverse Stall up the video twice. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/8/9/289f9afe7d3da777d7933c52dd581835082c5958.jpeg "FixedAxleFebruary Week1 Final") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP2yKkHSlO0) ---
**Author:** ![Gr3g](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gr3g/32/609230_2.png) [@Gr3g](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gr3g)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/400 "2024-02-07T21:26:54Z")
My week one, 3 of 4, just couldn’t get the reverse down. ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/401 "2024-02-07T21:48:57Z")
> [@HappyYoyoer](#): > > Does it count? Seems just fine to me. ---
**Author:** ![Yodaddyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yodaddyo/32/602050_2.png) [@Yodaddyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yodaddyo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/402 "2024-02-07T21:51:19Z")
It counts. You really just took the transaxle out? That doesn’t sound like a fun yoyo to play :joy: I’ll send you a butterfly for free if you’re having trouble finding one. This offer goes for anyone in the continental US that wants a fixie and can’t get one for any reason whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![HappyYoyoer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/happyyoyoer/32/266188_2.png) [@HappyYoyoer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HappyYoyoer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429/403 "2024-02-07T21:52:58Z")
Yeah :joy: it’s interesting I don’t mind using it for now, I’ll probably get one sometime soon, thanks though. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429.md?page=19) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-february-2024-week-1/393429.md?page=21)