# Hot Shot help **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 23, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hot-shot-help/4588 "2009-07-23T22:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![polloyoyo12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@polloyoyo12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/polloyoyo12)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hot-shot-help/4588/1 "2009-07-23T22:53:10Z")
i just got my hot shot a few hours ago and i love it but its too responsive and i wanna know how to change the spacers from the ones that came on it to the thicker ones ---
**Author:** ![polloyoyo12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@polloyoyo12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/polloyoyo12)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hot-shot-help/4588/2 "2009-07-23T23:14:53Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![Mage1342](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mage1342/32/75_2.png) [@Mage1342](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mage1342)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hot-shot-help/4588/3 "2009-07-23T23:50:14Z")
It might be responsive because there is too much lube in it and you need to break it in. Also, to change the spacers, I would unscrew the axle and pop out the bearing and put the spacers in where the bearing is supposed to be and then place the bearing on top. I will look for that video that teaches you. Addition: Here’s a video explaining how to use spacers. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/c/d/1cda431fd84b6f271dcdce71f4d5f469f34f93e0.jpeg "Yo Yo Maintenance : How to Use Spacers in a Yo-Yo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP1_FdYRMt4) ---
**Author:** ![yoyoproyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoproyo/32/88_2.png) [@yoyoproyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoproyo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hot-shot-help/4588/4 "2009-07-23T23:50:49Z")
heres the video [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfwJPD1vJf4) ---
**Author:** ![polloyoyo12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@polloyoyo12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/polloyoyo12)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hot-shot-help/4588/5 "2009-07-24T00:12:24Z")
> [@jared](#): > > heres the video > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfwJPD1vJf4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfwJPD1vJf4) thanks i had seen that video but not all of it i just skipped to the playing ---
**Author:** ![wcrase](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wcrase/32/80_2.png) [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hot-shot-help/4588/6 "2009-07-24T00:45:09Z")
i’ve had 2 hot shots and i can tell you they require breaking in. not just the bearing but the o rings as well. once it’s broken in it’s a good throw for the money. ---
**Author:** ![polloyoyo12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@polloyoyo12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/polloyoyo12)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hot-shot-help/4588/7 "2009-07-24T01:32:48Z")
> [@wcrase](#): > > i’ve had 2 hot shots and i can tell you they require breaking in. not just the bearing but the o rings as well. once it’s broken in it’s a good throw for the money. well when i got it i threw a good sleeper and it slept for 50 seconds and then i replaced the spacers and it went uresponsive so right now i have an uresponsive hot shot with a good gap ---
**Author:** ![wcrase](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wcrase/32/80_2.png) [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hot-shot-help/4588/8 "2009-07-24T10:27:05Z")
cool. i had to break mine in before they were good and unresponsive. it took a few days before i could do slacks or whips because the string kept binding. now it’s one of my favorite throws (my first one broke) and it’s my carry around yoyo.