# how to clean your bearing **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [April 28, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810 "2010-04-28T14:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bhavax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bhavax/32/513_2.png) [@bhavax](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bhavax)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/1 "2010-04-28T14:34:33Z")
i heard that lighter fluid is a good cleaning solution for the bearing. is there anything else that a good cleaning solution? ---
**Author:** ![hubstack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hubstack/32/7912_2.png) [@hubstack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hubstack)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/2 "2010-04-28T14:37:02Z")
brake cleaner and mineral spirits ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/3 "2010-04-28T15:31:20Z")
Lighter fluid is just fine. It’s what I use. I’ve cleaned way too many bearings with it with no ill effects. Just lube after with any cleaning. ---
**Author:** ![bhavax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bhavax/32/513_2.png) [@bhavax](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bhavax)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/4 "2010-04-28T15:37:47Z")
why was i move here cleaning is not a mod it a necessity right??? ---
**Author:** ![bhavax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bhavax/32/513_2.png) [@bhavax](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bhavax)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/5 "2010-04-28T16:03:47Z")
> [@Icthus](#): > > Lighter fluid is just fine. It’s what I use. I’ve cleaned way too many bearings with it with no ill effects. Just lube after with any cleaning. thanks anyway man ---
**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:** [April 28, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/6 "2010-04-28T16:36:58Z")
Please don’t double post. Next time, use the mofidy post button. :wink: And yeah, most would consider this a mod. ---
**Author:** ![bhavax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bhavax/32/513_2.png) [@bhavax](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bhavax)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/7 "2010-04-28T16:50:33Z")
cool now i know thanks man ---
**Author:** ![king825](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/king825/32/347_2.png) [@king825](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/king825)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/8 "2010-04-28T17:20:49Z")
> [@bhavax](#): > > i heard that lighter fluid is a good cleaning solution for the bearing. is there anything else that a good cleaning solution? > [@Icthus](#): > > Lighter fluid is just fine. It’s what I use. I’ve cleaned way too many bearings with it with no ill effects. Just lube after with any cleaning. I used zippo premium lighter fluid once, it screwed up the bearing beyond belief. Maybe most lighter fluids are good, but definately not all are. ---
**Author:** ![Hardcore\_Max1986](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hardcore_max1986/32/288_2.png) [@Hardcore\_Max1986](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hardcore_Max1986)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/9 "2010-04-28T20:05:34Z")
isopropal alcohol is also great if you can get your hands on it. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/10 "2010-04-28T20:44:28Z")
isopropal alcohol also contains water. I moved it here because this should be where all mods and maintenance should be discussed. ---
**Author:** ![piggybrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@piggybrian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/piggybrian)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/11 "2010-04-29T04:12:00Z")
Can u use alchohol the one u use to clean wounds ---
**Author:** ![Hardcore\_Max1986](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hardcore_max1986/32/288_2.png) [@Hardcore\_Max1986](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hardcore_Max1986)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/12 "2010-04-29T07:04:58Z")
> [@Icthus](#): > > isopropal alcohol also contains water. not the stuff I get from my work, that stuff is 99.99% pure. BTW I am an aircraft mechanic. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/13 "2010-04-29T13:46:54Z")
> [@Hardcore\_Max](#): > > > [@Icthus](#): > > > > isopropal alcohol also contains water. > > not the stuff I get from my work, that stuff is 99.99% pure. > BTW I am an aircraft mechanic. What’s the other fraction of a percent? Probably water. It probably wouldn’t harm your bearing too much if at all, but I’d rather just go with something that I know won’t harm it. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-clean-your-bearing/13810/14 "2010-04-29T15:29:29Z")
Alcohol with or without water is bad for one reason. You see with petroleum type solvents, they will leave a slight oily substance on the bearing that will protect it from water. Alcohol does not have that. this means that for all those kids that like to run their bearings dry, the moister in the air will certainly get in there and start damaging the bearing and they don’t even know it. Like a lot of the kids that say, my bearing was fine and I cleaned it but now it quit working all of a sudden. My suggest is to not use alcohol unless you remove it within a few minutes of you cleaning it, blowing it dry and then lubing it directly after that. I am also locking this thread considering that there is a thread with the exact name and it’s pinned.