HELP!

[Y0Y0SR2PR0]

try a wire cutter and put it to a size the can fit a c bearing then put it the closes you can to the base the squeeze circular motion is always helpful

[junkim100]

I did it!!! Yeah!
But I broke the bearing.

[Y0Y0SR2PR0]

@Jake Elliott

@GregP

@Jake Elliott

@SaltySalvador

I could possibly understand his issue here with the removal of his bearing. BUT… Now that he has a bearing removal tool and continues to whine about it here is just trolling.

I think you’re underestimating just how annoyingly tight YYF bearings seats are.

I couldn’t get my dv888 bearing off, even with a removal tool.

Yup. Incredibly difficult. I didn’t think mine would ever come off, but it did with much much wiggling and pulling.

Well, really, it came off eventually for me. About an hour of wiggling with one of those new plastic YYF multitools. Bearing seat was never the same, and the yoyo doesn’t play quite as nice as it once did.

Now, when the bearing was on the multitool (a brand new trifecta) , nothing could remove it. I spent the better part of my day trying to get it off with pliers, a second bearing removal tool, a vice grip, etc. never came off.

Ended having to crush the outer race in a vice grip (bearing was already permanently screwed up) to get the inner race off the removal tool.

Needless to say, I will never be buying another YYF product again until they change their ridiculous stance on bearing seats.

For instance, I look at my cascade and I see an extremely high quality yoyo with excellent playability. It’s dead smooth. Also, the bearing seat is quite loose - just turn the half over and the bearing is in your hand.

But, on a YYF, it’s a struggle just to do basic maintenance. I just don’t get it. Maybe there is some benefit that I’m missing, but it certainly doesn’t seem to be even a minor benefit. It certainly doesn’t make their yoyos in way different than any other manufacturer.

do all their yoyo’s have that problem?

[TheYoYoist101 (M.DeV1)]

@Y0Y0SR2PR0

@Jake Elliott

@GregP

@Jake Elliott

@SaltySalvador

I could possibly understand his issue here with the removal of his bearing. BUT… Now that he has a bearing removal tool and continues to whine about it here is just trolling.

I think you’re underestimating just how annoyingly tight YYF bearings seats are.

I couldn’t get my dv888 bearing off, even with a removal tool.

Yup. Incredibly difficult. I didn’t think mine would ever come off, but it did with much much wiggling and pulling.

Well, really, it came off eventually for me. About an hour of wiggling with one of those new plastic YYF multitools. Bearing seat was never the same, and the yoyo doesn’t play quite as nice as it once did.

Now, when the bearing was on the multitool (a brand new trifecta) , nothing could remove it. I spent the better part of my day trying to get it off with pliers, a second bearing removal tool, a vice grip, etc. never came off.

Ended having to crush the outer race in a vice grip (bearing was already permanently screwed up) to get the inner race off the removal tool.

Needless to say, I will never be buying another YYF product again until they change their ridiculous stance on bearing seats.

For instance, I look at my cascade and I see an extremely high quality yoyo with excellent playability. It’s dead smooth. Also, the bearing seat is quite loose - just turn the half over and the bearing is in your hand.

But, on a YYF, it’s a struggle just to do basic maintenance. I just don’t get it. Maybe there is some benefit that I’m missing, but it certainly doesn’t seem to be even a minor benefit. It certainly doesn’t make their yoyos in way different than any other manufacturer.

do all their yoyo’s have that problem?

All there metals.

[Y0Y0SR2PR0]

@M.DeV1

@Y0Y0SR2PR0

@Jake Elliott

@GregP

@Jake Elliott

@SaltySalvador

I could possibly understand his issue here with the removal of his bearing. BUT… Now that he has a bearing removal tool and continues to whine about it here is just trolling.

I think you’re underestimating just how annoyingly tight YYF bearings seats are.

I couldn’t get my dv888 bearing off, even with a removal tool.

Yup. Incredibly difficult. I didn’t think mine would ever come off, but it did with much much wiggling and pulling.

Well, really, it came off eventually for me. About an hour of wiggling with one of those new plastic YYF multitools. Bearing seat was never the same, and the yoyo doesn’t play quite as nice as it once did.

Now, when the bearing was on the multitool (a brand new trifecta) , nothing could remove it. I spent the better part of my day trying to get it off with pliers, a second bearing removal tool, a vice grip, etc. never came off.

Ended having to crush the outer race in a vice grip (bearing was already permanently screwed up) to get the inner race off the removal tool.

Needless to say, I will never be buying another YYF product again until they change their ridiculous stance on bearing seats.

For instance, I look at my cascade and I see an extremely high quality yoyo with excellent playability. It’s dead smooth. Also, the bearing seat is quite loose - just turn the half over and the bearing is in your hand.

But, on a YYF, it’s a struggle just to do basic maintenance. I just don’t get it. Maybe there is some benefit that I’m missing, but it certainly doesn’t seem to be even a minor benefit. It certainly doesn’t make their yoyos in way different than any other manufacturer.

do all their yoyo’s have that problem?

All there metals.

i thought only the plastics cause my hot and supernova can be taken out with little to no hassle with my index and thumb yet my proto and gm2 need were cutters is the bearing seat issue a defect or on purpoe?

[jhb8426 (Resident Curmudgeon)]

@Y0Y0SR2PR0

i thought only the plastics cause my hot and supernova can be taken out with little to no hassle with my index and thumb yet my proto and gm2 need were cutters is the bearing seat issue a defect or on purpoe?

Yes, the plastic yoyos from YYF do not have this issue. The metals are purposely designed to have a tight bearing seat according to YYF Ben.

[anonyo]

@Y0Y0SR2PR0

@Jake Elliott

@GregP

@Jake Elliott

@SaltySalvador

I could possibly understand his issue here with the removal of his bearing. BUT… Now that he has a bearing removal tool and continues to whine about it here is just trolling.

I think you’re underestimating just how annoyingly tight YYF bearings seats are.

I couldn’t get my dv888 bearing off, even with a removal tool.

Yup. Incredibly difficult. I didn’t think mine would ever come off, but it did with much much wiggling and pulling.

Well, really, it came off eventually for me. About an hour of wiggling with one of those new plastic YYF multitools. Bearing seat was never the same, and the yoyo doesn’t play quite as nice as it once did.

Now, when the bearing was on the multitool (a brand new trifecta) , nothing could remove it. I spent the better part of my day trying to get it off with pliers, a second bearing removal tool, a vice grip, etc. never came off.

Ended having to crush the outer race in a vice grip (bearing was already permanently screwed up) to get the inner race off the removal tool.

Needless to say, I will never be buying another YYF product again until they change their ridiculous stance on bearing seats.

For instance, I look at my cascade and I see an extremely high quality yoyo with excellent playability. It’s dead smooth. Also, the bearing seat is quite loose - just turn the half over and the bearing is in your hand.

But, on a YYF, it’s a struggle just to do basic maintenance. I just don’t get it. Maybe there is some benefit that I’m missing, but it certainly doesn’t seem to be even a minor benefit. It certainly doesn’t make their yoyos in way different than any other manufacturer.

do all their yoyo’s have that problem?

Many do. I’m lucky, the ones I have aren’t that bad. Some are worse than others. Some have a reputation for it being especially bad.

[dynikus]

I’ve been pretty lucky with most of my yyf, but there’s one yuuksta I’ll never forget. First, it was nigh impossible to unscrew. I try everything. wd40, an allen wrench on the axle, those silicone grip things, but to no avail. I send it back to the store I bought it from, and they were (somehow) able to separate it. But when I got it back, I discovered the bearing was then stuck. After sticking it in the freezer, wiggling, tugging, using a removal tool, using the string trick, grabbing it with a kungfu grip on my pliers, nothing worked. Returned it to bob’s bait and tackle again (I actually don’t remember what store I bought it from) and they tried to cut the bearing open and remove it. They were able to remove the outter ring, but the inner one was still stuck on it. They returned it to me, busted bearing and all. So I sent it to yyf, and they couldn’t even remove it. They ended up giving me a new yuuksta, plus a multi tool, fast holder, and stickers for free with it.

Congrats on getting your bearing out, even if it did mean destroying it. What I would recommend is filing down the inner track the bearing goes on just a hair.

[tzighy]

No problem on my dv888 or my northstar. The one on the dv888 is a bit stubborn but i like it like that

[SaltySalvador]

@Jake Elliott

@SaltySalvador

I could possibly understand his issue here with the removal of his bearing. BUT… Now that he has a bearing removal tool and continues to whine about it here is just trolling.

I think you’re underestimating just how annoyingly tight YYF bearings seats are.

I couldn’t get my dv888 bearing off, even with a removal tool.

That’s nothing compared to the effort required to remove a yyf spacer. It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes of wiggles to remove the tightest of YYF bearings with the removal tool with my experiences.

[Yonut]

@SaltySalvador

@Jake Elliott

@SaltySalvador

I could possibly understand his issue here with the removal of his bearing. BUT… Now that he has a bearing removal tool and continues to whine about it here is just trolling.

I think you’re underestimating just how annoyingly tight YYF bearings seats are.

I couldn’t get my dv888 bearing off, even with a removal tool.

That’s nothing compared to the effort required to remove a yyf spacer. It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes of wiggles to remove the tightest of YYF bearings with the removal tool with my experiences.

To get the bearing off of the spacer is five minutes with a butter knife. Out of the bearing seat is thirty minutes with a multi tool.

[junkim100]

@Yonut

@SaltySalvador

@Jake Elliott

@SaltySalvador

I could possibly understand his issue here with the removal of his bearing. BUT… Now that he has a bearing removal tool and continues to whine about it here is just trolling.

I think you’re underestimating just how annoyingly tight YYF bearings seats are.

I couldn’t get my dv888 bearing off, even with a removal tool.

That’s nothing compared to the effort required to remove a yyf spacer. It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes of wiggles to remove the tightest of YYF bearings with the removal tool with my experiences.

To get the bearing off of the spacer is five minutes with a butter knife. Out of the bearing seat is thirty minutes with a multi tool.

for me, it took almost 6 months. Woah!

[Bcmaddog]

@junkim100

@Yonut

@SaltySalvador

@Jake Elliott

@SaltySalvador

I could possibly understand his issue here with the removal of his bearing. BUT… Now that he has a bearing removal tool and continues to whine about it here is just trolling.

I think you’re underestimating just how annoyingly tight YYF bearings seats are.

I couldn’t get my dv888 bearing off, even with a removal tool.

That’s nothing compared to the effort required to remove a yyf spacer. It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes of wiggles to remove the tightest of YYF bearings with the removal tool with my experiences.

To get the bearing off of the spacer is five minutes with a butter knife. Out of the bearing seat is thirty minutes with a multi tool.

for me, it took almost 6 months. Woah!

:o