# Hornet having trouble coming back up
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [October 8, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229 "2023-10-08T23:44:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229/1 "2023-10-08T23:44:52Z")
Hi all,
I bought a hornet on the BST it was sleeping on the end of the string when I forward pass it. I bought some thick lube and applied it, and while it did help it does still have trouble returning on a tug. I believe it’s the starburst response cause when I tug it, I can hear the whirring sound of starburst grinding on string. It’ll try to catch then fall/slip.
Note I’m not using cotton string, Idk what I’m using.
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### Author:  [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229/2 "2023-10-08T23:54:53Z")
Have vid?
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### Author:  [@OhDavidBowie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/OhDavidBowie)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229/3 "2023-10-08T23:56:39Z")
If you take out one of the washers on either side it should respond better
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### Author:  [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229/4 "2023-10-09T00:00:09Z")
While this is true I would still expect a tug response with both washers in.
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### Author:  [@OhDavidBowie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/OhDavidBowie)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229/5 "2023-10-09T00:42:12Z")
That is true, they’re always pretty inconsistent stock.
@ccn411 do you know if the string is polyester? Is it pretty thin?
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### Author:  [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229/6 "2023-10-09T00:54:48Z")
Yeah it’s kinda thin
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### Author:  [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229/7 "2023-10-09T00:54:54Z")
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### Author:  [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229/8 "2023-10-09T01:07:52Z")
Yeah. That’s a little more sluggish than I’d expect. I’d clean the bearing and spacers since you got them off the BST, just to start fresh, then re-lube.
For more response it’s smaller gap or thicker string or both. Removing one washer like @OhDavidBowie suggested is probably the way to go.
Note: removing the washers (and spacer?) from the axle side requires removing the axle. I destroyed a Hornet trying to pop caps off without removing the guts fully first.
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### Author:  [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hornet-having-trouble-coming-back-up/386229/9 "2023-10-09T01:15:54Z")
I will do just that. One of the washers is stuck in that little space where it belongs lol