# How can i break in my bearings quickly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [October 14, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038 "2012-10-14T16:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![darkadlermagic3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@darkadlermagic3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/darkadlermagic3)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/1 "2012-10-14T16:08:46Z")
I have a couple of bearings that have been cleaned and lubed with gorillius lubricus, which from my experience takes a LONG time to break in, and i need to break them in quickly. Does anyone know any techniques to quickly break in a bearing? ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/2 "2012-10-14T17:24:30Z")
Throw a yoyo! ;D Or you could clean it and put a minuscule amount of lube on the bearing. Take a needle and put some lube on the tip of it. Touch one or two balls in the bearing. Then throw the yoyo and break it in! ---
**Author:** ![alaa945](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alaa945](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/alaa945)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/3 "2012-10-14T19:08:59Z")
What happins if the bearing breaks in? ---
**Author:** ![DrAwesome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drawesome/32/1139_2.png) [@DrAwesome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrAwesome)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/4 "2012-10-14T20:59:16Z")
^ All bearings are different some may spin longer some may get smoother some may get completely unresponsive ---
**Author:** ![augmentedloyalty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/augmentedloyalty/32/1218_2.png) [@augmentedloyalty](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/augmentedloyalty)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/5 "2012-10-14T21:11:12Z")
get a dill and find a dill bit put the drill bit in reverse and put the bearing on the bit and spin that till it playable ---
**Author:** ![A\_Soviet\_Locust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/a_soviet_locust/32/113687_2.png) [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/A_Soviet_Locust)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/6 "2012-10-14T21:29:50Z")
> [@augmentedloyalty](#): > > get a dill and find a dill bit put the drill bit in reverse and put the bearing on the bit and spin that till it playable Don’t do this. It can destroy a bearing. ---
**Author:** ![supbreh1234](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/supbreh1234/32/1131_2.png) [@supbreh1234](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/supbreh1234)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/7 "2012-10-14T22:39:06Z")
i forgot to mention this in person, but spin it with canned air! itll take SOME of the lube out, but since i have experience playing with your phenom and dna first hand, i think you have enough lube in there! :wink: i belive the lube left in the bearing should suffice. i did this to all my bearings when i still had my canned air -\_\_\_\_- ---
**Author:** ![A\_Soviet\_Locust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/a_soviet_locust/32/113687_2.png) [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/A_Soviet_Locust)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/8 "2012-10-14T22:44:24Z")
I heard doing Gyro flops a lot can help break it in a bit. never tried it. ---
**Author:** ![fjh123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fjh123/32/325_2.png) [@fjh123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fjh123)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/9 "2012-10-15T13:11:15Z")
> [@augmentedloyalty](#): > > get a dill and find a dill bit put the drill bit in reverse and put the bearing on the bit and spin that till it playable I find power drills to be too slow. I use a spindle that can hit 40,000rpm and stack a bunch of bearings on it for the TX treatment process. ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-can-i-break-in-my-bearings-quickly/44038/10 "2012-10-15T13:24:58Z")
> [@A\_Soviet\_Locust](#): > > I heard doing Gyro flops a lot can help break it in a bit. never tried it. Maybe that’s why my bearings always break in so quickly. I just do a lot of gyro flops because they’re fun to do. Yuki