# How much thin lube should I put in my bearing?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [October 22, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-thin-lube-should-i-put-in-my-bearing/77518 "2015-10-22T15:13:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![yomega\_fan\_335](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomega_fan_335/32/14085_2.png) [@yomega\_fan\_335](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomega_fan_335)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-thin-lube-should-i-put-in-my-bearing/77518/1 "2015-10-22T15:13:43Z")

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Should I put in half a drop or a single drop? How much thin lube would it take for my yoyo to play responsive? ???

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**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-thin-lube-should-i-put-in-my-bearing/77518/2 "2015-10-22T15:28:01Z")

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Half a drop is best if you can manage that but if you put in a whole drop no big deal it will just take longer for it to break in

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**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-thin-lube-should-i-put-in-my-bearing/77518/3 "2015-10-22T15:55:05Z")

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Give it a drop. It’ll play responsive if you exaggerate the tug return, just for OCD’s sake, but it’ll break in in a couple days.

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**Author:** ![mls5stokes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mls5stokes/32/681_2.png) [@mls5stokes](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mls5stokes)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-much-thin-lube-should-i-put-in-my-bearing/77518/4 "2015-10-22T16:25:13Z")

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I usually just touch the tip of the bottle to the bearing, which puts about 1/4 a drop. It really doesn’t take much at all.