# Hubstack help?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [April 29, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878 "2013-04-29T02:01:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Infinitehexick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Infinitehexick)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/1 "2013-04-29T02:01:45Z")
I’m trying to put rice stacks on my superstar. When I put it all on, it just falls right off. I’ve tried just switching the stack part but when I do, this one keeps on a little tighter except it falls off and takes the other stuff with it. (Bearing and o ring). Any idea what to do? It has really gotten on my nerves lately.
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### Author:  [@Jagmcool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jagmcool)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/2 "2013-04-29T02:03:03Z")
Most likely your o-ring isn’t tight or not on correctly. They worked perfectly fine with me 888x.
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### Author:  [@Infinitehexick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Infinitehexick)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/3 "2013-04-29T12:02:44Z")
I tried putting it on the 888x also and it did the same thing
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### Author:  [@Tuxedodave](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tuxedodave)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/4 "2013-04-29T12:59:46Z")
Try pushing it in and out little by little. The problem is that the O ring is sliding off further into the post when you push the hub stack in. I put the O ring on the post and then just push and pull the hubstack until everything is in place. I never had a superstar, but I’m pretty sure it is the same concept on an 888x.
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### Author:  [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/5 "2013-05-01T18:17:09Z")
Put the bearing on, the adjust the O-Ring. If it slides off easy then it’s to big, if it doesn’t fit, it’s still the wrong o ring.
So, where did you get the o ring, from the 888 or from the Rice Stacks pack?
EDIT\*\* Read it a few more times, and it sounds like you superstar might have a defected post.
First, check the O-ring, then if that is it, look at the post, maybe even measure the opposite one and this one.
It’s possible that the dip is worn or stripped.
The dip: the round post goes down, then in a little where the o ring belongs, that could be gone or mest up.
You also could have gotten a bad rice stack, ([contact@yoyoexpert.com](mailto:contact@yoyoexpert.com))
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### Author:  [@Infinitehexick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Infinitehexick)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/6 "2013-05-02T19:53:38Z")
It came from the rice stacks. Everything is fine from what I see. It just falls off and gets stuck inside the rice stack part.
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### Author:  [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/7 "2013-05-02T19:55:20Z")
> [@Infinitehexick](#):
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> It came from the rice stacks. Everything is fine from what I see. It just falls off and gets stuck inside the rice stack part.
Compare both stacks for unusual differences.
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### Author:  [@Jagmcool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jagmcool)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/8 "2013-05-02T20:36:40Z")
Definitely is something with your O-ring. I would get a hold of yoyo expert because it sounds defective.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/9 "2013-05-02T21:04:13Z")
> [@Jagmcool](#):
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> Definitely is something with your O-ring. I would get a hold of yoyo expert because it sounds defective.
How can this be a vendor problem when he’s attempting to put a non-stock part (rice stacks) on a yoyo and it’s not working out?
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### Author:  [@Jagmcool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jagmcool)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/10 "2013-05-03T01:53:54Z")
> [@jhb8426](#):
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> > [@Jagmcool](#):
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> > Definitely is something with your O-ring. I would get a hold of yoyo expert because it sounds defective.
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> How can this be a vendor problem when he’s attempting to put a non-stock part (rice stacks) on a yoyo and it’s not working out?
I’m assuming he got the rice stacks from YYE. With such little room for error in the dimensions of an o-ring, I would think it would be possible that he just received one that may not fit snugly.
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### Author:  [@Tuxedodave](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tuxedodave)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/11 "2013-05-03T02:43:14Z")
Use the stock O rings with the rice stacks.
If that doesn’t work, then maybe the problem isn’t the O rings.
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### Author:  [@Jagmcool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jagmcool)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/12 "2013-05-03T03:31:42Z")
I don’t see how it could be anything but the o-ring. He says it won’t stay on, and the o-ring would really be the only reason for that
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### Author:  [@Tuxedodave](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tuxedodave)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/13 "2013-05-03T05:19:21Z")
When you push the stack into the post, you’re probably going to push the O ring along with the stack and across the post. I would just put the O ring at the tip of the post before the notch where the O ring suppose to be. That way when you push in the stack, the O ring will move with the stack and into the notch/ groove. You would still have to play with it going in and out. I had problems too and it was stock YYF stacks.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/14 "2013-05-03T05:22:33Z")
Or, apply some lube to the o-ring so the piece slips over it easily. It’s a common practice in faucet assembly/repair. In fact you could probably get by just spitting on the o-ring (seriously).
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### Author:  [@Tuxedodave](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tuxedodave)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/hubstack-help/52878/15 "2013-05-03T20:18:04Z")
> [@jhb8426](#):
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> Or, apply some lube to the o-ring so the piece slips over it easily. It’s a common practice in faucet assembly/repair. In fact you could probably get by just spitting on the o-ring (seriously).
Great idea, never thought about that. Now that I think about it, I use silicone spray in my airsoft pistols to preserve the O rings in them.