# How to clean a Dif-e-yo KonKave bearing

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [December 20, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-a-dif-e-yo-konkave-bearing/296440 "2018-12-20T01:12:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-a-dif-e-yo-konkave-bearing/296440/21 "2018-12-20T11:21:18Z")

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Those two crimps look like they’ve been pried open. Compared to the other ones, they look open. You might have done that while prying the shields off.

Edit: also, for future reference, here is a really good close up video on how to remove the c ring. He’s talking about skate bearings, but it’s the same exact concept (at the :50 second time mark).

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/f/9/cf9eba5b3233020398c1b1b7cf7e6e287e95906d.jpeg "Take Off Skateboard & Longboard Bearing Shields/Seals") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXmZhfvH9y0)

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**Author:** ![Grendel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grendel/32/92975_2.png) [@Grendel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grendel)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-a-dif-e-yo-konkave-bearing/296440/22 "2018-12-20T21:05:13Z")

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I’m going to get shot for this but I use a pointy thing and push the inside lip down into the bearing all around the inside radius until the outer edge of the shield pops out then I shoot them with ether and then air. Never fails and I can never get that clip out naturally. Jmtc

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**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-a-dif-e-yo-konkave-bearing/296440/23 "2018-12-21T02:09:10Z")

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Did you ever resolve this problem?

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**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-a-dif-e-yo-konkave-bearing/296440/24 "2018-12-21T02:11:55Z")

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For now I just have an alternate bearing in the yoyo. The original KK bearing looks like a lost cause to me with the misshapen crimps.

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**Author:** ![Tpoluck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tpoluck/32/42936_2.png) [@Tpoluck](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tpoluck)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-a-dif-e-yo-konkave-bearing/296440/25 "2018-12-28T21:38:21Z")

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That’s the bearing I use and it should come apart just like u said there are clip rings around the shield pop them off and the shield will come out

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