# how thick r shims?

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [August 15, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-thick-r-shims/5432 "2009-08-15T08:47:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![azn\_pride](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/azn_pride/32/220_2.png) [@azn\_pride](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/azn_pride)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-thick-r-shims/5432/1 "2009-08-15T08:47:50Z")

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i was just wanderin how thick shims are, like are  
they 1mm? 2mm?

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**Author:** ![Ewski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Ewski](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ewski)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-thick-r-shims/5432/2 "2009-08-15T16:46:35Z")

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The yoyojam red shims are .30mm wide and the yoyojam gray shims are .15mm wide.

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-thick-r-shims/5432/3 "2009-08-15T18:02:04Z")

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I believe that some shims (from some place, I don’t remember where) are .45mm.