# Have you ever "played through" a responsive, over-lubed bearing? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 19, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/have-you-ever-played-through-a-responsive-over-lubed-bearing/305639 "2019-07-19T04:25:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![NoT\_ATHROWER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/not_athrower/32/14242_2.png) [@NoT\_ATHROWER](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NoT_ATHROWER)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/have-you-ever-played-through-a-responsive-over-lubed-bearing/305639/41 "2019-07-21T04:42:52Z")
RIP draupnir ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ClaytonDM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@ClaytonDM](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ClaytonDM)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/have-you-ever-played-through-a-responsive-over-lubed-bearing/305639/42 "2019-07-21T05:44:07Z")
IDK for me it’s been all over the place. I use 2 drops of thin lube and they usually break in after an hour. If for some reason they are really responsive, it will take days or sometimes just won’t break in until I clean it. I stopped using shields a while back and that seems to help. ---
**Author:** ![Egon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/egon/32/53004_2.png) [@Egon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Egon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/have-you-ever-played-through-a-responsive-over-lubed-bearing/305639/43 "2019-10-09T20:49:02Z")
The day before this original post I over lubed the bearing on my Mayhem, approaching 7 hours of non-continuous playtime (I’ve kept track) and it’s not one bit less responsive than when I started. It’s completely silent though and that’s a nice change… Note: I throw hard as hell also [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/have-you-ever-played-through-a-responsive-over-lubed-bearing/305639.md?page=2)