Alright, so I’m a long time yoyoer, but I’ve always wanted to get into diabolos as well. So recently I got a Spintastics Spinabolo as a gift and have started learning the ropes. I’ve noticed though, that the bearing quality on this diabolo seems to be very low, and the bearing doesn’t spin freely (it’s a one way bearing,not a fixed axle diabolo). To test bearings on my yoyos I often just loop a string around it a few times and pull it out gently and listen to the bearing spin, but when I try this on the diabolo it just makes an ugly kinda noise and stops spinning immediately. Since I’m new to diabolos I don’t really know if this is the norm for their bearings or if I just got a bad bearing from the start. So that’s why I’m making this post now, is to ask people who are more experienced with diabolos: is this normal, or did I get a bad bearing in my diabolo, and if so, what can I do to fix it?
Thanks in advance for anyone who can answer this for me, and I’ll be here to answer any more questions y’all may have about this.
