Help turning a Sliver into a responsive

My son who has been disinterested in yoyo decided he would like a metal responsive. I have 2 MK1 Slivers and figured one would make a good canidate. I know I can drop some thick lube in there, aside from that what else can I do to make it more suited for this? I’ve never modded a throw, always just played how they were made. Vanilla no mods since I left behind the gameshark​:grin:. Suggestions and tips are appeciated

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half spec C bearing and a shorter axle would do the trick! not sure where to find the axles

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This is the best way. Ive taken yoyos to the hardware store and you can see what works best

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M4x6mm is a good start, unless that’s what’s already in it

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The axle post is too long for a half spec bearing. The sliver comes in the box with a rubber sealed greased bearing for responsive play.

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If you can’t find the stock one you can buy R188-2RS on Amazon for cheap. That’s the part number for a rubber shielded c bearing.

Blanks are a possible option but I don’t know if my 3/4 spec blanks would fit or not, I made them for yo-yos with posts too tall for half specs but I don’t have a sliver to test.

Well that’s awesome, now to find the box