Hey, thanks for the suggestion 
It didnât make a difference for me though on this throw. They line up almost exactly the same.
Iâll keep this in mind for future fades I may get though!
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Just tried replacing the axle with a spareâŚand again with almost no difference.
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Yay unsolicited advice! 
Put a drop of blue LockTite on the non-hex key end of the axel, screw it in incrementally; tighten half turn, back out quarter turn, tighten half turn, back out quarter turn (etc), until the axle is all the way screwed in. This will help the LockTite evenly disperse over the threads.
Let the stuff set over night, and in the morning youâll be able to use a bearing tool [or appropriate size allen wrench] to back out the axel like a quarter turn at a time â then reassemble the yoyo to see if you can âsplit the differenceâ on the ano.
Which reminds meâŚ
General yoyo thought:
I wonder why more yoyo manufacturers/ companies donât LockTite their axels before packaging? 
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Hah, I wouldâve never have thought of that! Thanks a lot @smileypants707
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Because what happens when you need to get the axle out? Either to get the bearing out or just to get the axle out.
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Iâm not sure why youâd need to get the axle out?
I guess I can see needing to take it out if you do silicone for your response?
Or maybe if youâre trying to tune out some vibe or something.
lol thereâs probably some very obvious reasons, Iâm just not thinking of them atm.
I use pliers to remove my bearings.
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Not everybody does though and some people like taking things apart.
I once had a yoyo sheer off the axle entirely trying to undo it to take out a knot. If one thread was glued in, I never would have got that side out, killing the yoyo forever.
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I donât understand why would you want to glue the axle in xD
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I donât have any problem removing an axel with blue locktite on it. I locktite every single axel I havenât had any issues.
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The consistency of screwing a yoyo back together in the same way it was possibly tuned when shipped? Locktite isnât unbreakable, and it would be nice to know that the âscrewâ end would always be the visible side. Not a big deal to me tbh, but it would be a nice touch.
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Thatâs cool that you like to do that, but I donât think supplying them that way new is the way to go. Itâs not like the issues are that big on either side so itâs no biggy, right?
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If the proposal for it is tuning it, you would have to âuntuneâ it before applying loctite by unscrewing it. I still donât see the point, but itâs just my opinion
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Not at all, itâs just a âgeneral yoyo thoughtâ that crosses my mind from time to time. There are more pros than cons for its use in my opinion.
+1 for the manufacturer/ companies doing it during assembling and testing. Also, retuning a yoyo is far from rocket science. And that process is considerably easier with LockTite.
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I never thought of this. Blue loc-tite isnât permanent, but, is good for keeping things you donât want to come unscrewed from unscrewing. Just as long as the red loc-tite (permanent) gets nowhere near any YoYo axle threadsâŚ
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Yes! And especially this:
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Maybe Iâm misunderstanding your (semi-rhetorical?) question, but have you ever tried to remove a bearing with the axle sitting in the middle of it? If you couldnât remove the axle you would have to use pliers to pry the bearing out of the bearing seat. Not pretty.
Removing the axle allows you to use a bearing removal tool. Thereâs a 50/50 chance that the axle will be in the wrong half (i.e., the half holding the bearing) when you unscrew a yoyo. So half the time youâre going to need to remove the axle if you are aiming to remove the bearing.
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I use pliers to get my bearings out and have no issue with it at all. The key is to just very lightly rock the bearing back and forth with the pliersâŚmight take a bit of time, but the bearing does eventually pop out with no issues.
You also donât pinch the bearing super hard with pliers.
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Yeah. You can also give yourself a haircut with a shotgun. Just raise the hair off your head with the non-shotgun hand hand very carefully aim and fire, removing the unwanted hair. You just need to be gentle. I have successfully shortened my hair this way with no issuesâŚ
Use a bearing tool, or the end of a drill bit.
Never pliers.
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Meh. I guess Iâll just agree to disagree with you guys here.
Didnât know this was a thing frowned uponâŚlmao >.<â
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I think itâs because using pliers might damage the bearing without you even realising it in minuscule ways by deforming it on the outer race.
Inner race is more resilient to damage I think and doesnât affect play, or so I heard
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