# How Thick Are Snow Tires?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-thick-are-snow-tires/79774>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [March 22, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-thick-are-snow-tires/79774 "2016-03-22T00:02:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![thedash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@thedash](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thedash)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-thick-are-snow-tires/79774/1 "2016-03-22T00:02:00Z")

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Hello,

I’m designing a yoyo and I want to be able to use snow tires but I am not sure what dimensions I should use for the response gap.

I believe the width is close to 3.25mm, but I have no easy way of measuring the thickness without taking the pads out.

If someone knows the thickness off hand that would be great.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-thick-are-snow-tires/79774/2 "2016-03-22T13:19:32Z")

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If you want to design a yo-yo I would recommend investing in some calipers and taking the time to measure them for yourself. You never know how accurate someone else will be about measurements.

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**Author:** ![Zorro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zorro/32/206266_2.png) [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-thick-are-snow-tires/79774/3 "2016-03-23T18:42:35Z")

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> [@YoYoExpert Garrett](#):
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> If you want to design a yo-yo I would recommend investing in some calipers and taking the time to measure them for yourself. You never know how accurate someone else will be about measurements.

This is coming from a guy who knows what he is doing. I did this myself, but seeing as I don’t trust myself with this kind of thing, I am 3d printing a test yoyo to make sure I got the measurements right. I would recommend doing this the first time you design a bearing seat based off of your measurements. :wink: