# Guess I Shouldn't have Removed the Shields **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [October 10, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-i-shouldnt-have-removed-the-shields/328219 "2020-10-10T19:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djinni\_cake](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/djinni_cake/32/113245_2.png) [@djinni\_cake](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/djinni_cake)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-i-shouldnt-have-removed-the-shields/328219/1 "2020-10-10T19:51:52Z")
I tried removing the shields for cleaning today, I guess I shouldn’t have done that. I tried for maybe 10 minutes to put it together, until the second ball flew out of the tweezers, ne’er to be seen again. ![bearing_deconstructed_rsz](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/c/2/7c26d12376098fed2a641396dc4d3579b53b3e27.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Grendel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grendel/32/92975_2.png) [@Grendel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grendel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-i-shouldnt-have-removed-the-shields/328219/2 "2020-10-10T19:58:47Z")
Looks like you went just a little too deep. You’ll get it. ---
**Author:** ![djinni\_cake](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/djinni_cake/32/113245_2.png) [@djinni\_cake](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/djinni_cake)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-i-shouldnt-have-removed-the-shields/328219/3 "2020-10-10T20:08:52Z")
The shields removed just fine, as soon as I got it into the jar and shook it around, the races came right out, along with the balls and the center. First time I’ve had that happen. ---
**Author:** ![nonja121](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nonja121/32/52722_2.png) [@nonja121](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nonja121)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-i-shouldnt-have-removed-the-shields/328219/4 "2020-10-10T20:44:38Z")
Ooof that’s uh not normal. May not have been anything you did, just a bad bearing. ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-i-shouldnt-have-removed-the-shields/328219/5 "2020-10-10T23:40:39Z")
yeah, those cages are supposed to be crimped together. ---
**Author:** ![bpelletier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bpelletier/32/105344_2.png) [@bpelletier](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bpelletier)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-i-shouldnt-have-removed-the-shields/328219/6 "2020-10-11T00:00:25Z")
unless you kicked the jar with the bearing up and down the stairs I would say this isn’t your fault, that shouldn’t happen- most throwers take the shields off and then throw them out the door anyways ---
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-i-shouldnt-have-removed-the-shields/328219/7 "2020-10-11T01:01:21Z")
That doesn’t look like a D shielding. That looks like a colonoscopy🙀 ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-i-shouldnt-have-removed-the-shields/328219/8 "2020-10-12T00:37:58Z")
> [@yoyodoc](#): > > That looks like a colonoscopy🙀 I’d sure hate to go to your doctor… 🤢