# Help my responsive isn’t responding
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [March 24, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252 "2024-03-24T17:20:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@phonophox](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/phonophox)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/1 "2024-03-24T17:20:38Z")
Sorry if this is a dumb/n00b question, but lately some of my responsive yo-yos have become unresponsive, or close thereof. It happened to my stoopid and now to my harbinger, I have a video to show if that helps, but it won’t let me attach it…
Why did this start happening? Is it a string issue? Do I need to lube? Skill issue?
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### Author:  [@Hungrymushroom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hungrymushroom)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/2 "2024-03-24T17:22:02Z")
What bearings do you have? Probably just needs some thick lube
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### Author:  [@phonophox](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/phonophox)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/3 "2024-03-24T17:24:39Z")
Happened to both harbingers mr85 and stoopids narrow C. How often are you supposed to lube responsives? I just got these brand new a week ago.
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### Author:  [@Hungrymushroom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hungrymushroom)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/4 "2024-03-24T17:28:23Z")
I’m honestly not sure how much you should lube a responsive with a bearing, my only responsive is a Duncan Neo, I made my luftverk plastic fulvia responsive with some thick gun oil and it was perfectly responsive for about a week then I cleaned the bearing to make it unresponsive again, I would say lube it whenever it starts to feel like it’s getting unresponsive. Or you could get bearing blanks to put in them which would make them fixed axles
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### Author:  [@Hungrymushroom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hungrymushroom)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/5 "2024-03-24T17:29:20Z")
But yeah just sounds like a lubrication issue to me. I would say maybe get some new or thicker response pads but yours should be fine as you haven’t had them for very long
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### Author:  [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/6 "2024-03-24T17:42:52Z")
With responsive you just don’t want to saturate the pads otherwise mo limit really grease lasts much longer than lube though
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### Author:  [@Hungrymushroom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hungrymushroom)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/7 "2024-03-24T17:43:59Z")
Yeah I don’t have a whole lot of experience with responsive throws
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### Author:  [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/8 "2024-03-24T17:46:18Z")
You could try desheilding the bearings and using grease. You can find danco silicon grease at most hardware stores in the US.
Grease will lower spin times a bit but last much longer and feel a bit smoother.
Thick lube works great too. Thin lube you got to drown the bearing pretty often.
You could also use a thicker and softer string for more response
Your string will wear out over time and thin this can result in a simi responsive behavior or inconsistent play
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### Author:  [@phonophox](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/phonophox)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/9 "2024-03-24T17:51:10Z")
Thanks for the response, I’ll try these out.
I originally had a thicker string on it (ammo) but I switched back to the one it came with cause I found it didn’t catch when doing looping tricks.
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/10 "2024-03-24T18:27:22Z")
If you are still having problems with the bearing, dm me and I can send a replacement bearing out to you.
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### Author:  [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/11 "2024-03-28T21:31:24Z")
> [@MarkD](#):
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> dm me and I can send a replacement beating out to you
I want a replacement beating…I haven’t been bruised up in a long time…🤣
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/12 "2024-03-29T11:22:25Z")
Wow, what a typo I’ve created
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### Author:  [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-my-responsive-isn-t-responding/397252/13 "2024-03-29T12:50:51Z")
You’re just exploring a new type of audience here in case you need to do a swift career change.