# gyro flop + bearing

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [March 14, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gyro-flop-bearing/24655 "2011-03-14T00:08:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![dcs937](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dcs937/32/258549_2.png) [@dcs937](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dcs937)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gyro-flop-bearing/24655/1 "2011-03-14T00:08:04Z")

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has anyone ever hurt a bearing from pulling too hard on a gyro flop? i think i made my 10 drop very noisy? I think this is in the right section.

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**Author:** ![WillDaBeast509](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/willdabeast509/32/672_2.png) [@WillDaBeast509](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WillDaBeast509)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gyro-flop-bearing/24655/2 "2011-03-14T00:30:18Z")

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I don’t see that happening. Metal usually doesn’t bend by people pulling on it with a string. My own 1 drop 10 ball (I think that’s what you were referencing with ‘10 drop’) got noisy on its own if I didn’t lube it. You might try that and see if it quiets up.

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**Author:** ![XLazyThrowerX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b5e925/32.png) [@XLazyThrowerX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XLazyThrowerX)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gyro-flop-bearing/24655/3 "2011-03-14T01:10:34Z")

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I remember reading somewhere, I think it was the yoyowiki, that some people do gyro flops repeatedly to break in a bearing. My guess is that they think the repeated flop motion gets rid of the lube or something along those lines. So, I think you probably just broke it if fully. IDK, just my best guess.

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**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gyro-flop-bearing/24655/4 "2011-03-14T01:39:52Z")

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Gyro flops and other tricks that put quite a few wraps of string into the gap are more for breaking in the response system than the bearing.

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**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gyro-flop-bearing/24655/5 "2011-03-18T02:18:29Z")

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> [@Yummy](#):
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> Gyro flops and other tricks that put quite a few wraps of string into the gap are more for breaking in the response system than the bearing.

its only 1 wrap, your modshipness, if you pull, you hear the bearing pitch go higher, it puts stress on the bearing.