# I need to lube my bearing
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [January 15, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314 "2010-01-15T19:58:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@jburn801](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jburn801)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/1 "2010-01-15T19:58:54Z")
Hello, this might be stupid to most of you but i’m kinda new to yo-yo. I just got a yyj x-con from [yoyoguy.com](http://yoyoguy.com) and they sent it without lubing the bearing. I know that you are supposed to use yyj thin lube. but don’t want to buy it on the net cuz of the added shipping price. are there any alternatives that i could use that would work well without damaging my yoyo in anyway? any suggestions would be great. thank you.
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### Author:  [@Maximus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Maximus)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/2 "2010-01-15T20:17:37Z")
You can try sewing machine oil. I think HSpin recommends that on their site. Also, though, you can run bearings dry for a reaaaaalllly long time. Moreover, a new bearing is only a dollar more than thin lube. Lubing’s a good idea, but not necessary. I’d recommend waiting until you order something else, like strings or something, then adding lube to your purchase.
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### Author:  [@Hardcore\_Max1986](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hardcore_Max1986)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/3 "2010-01-15T20:26:51Z")
baby oil works well as a thin lube, I have been using it for months now and never had an issue with it, and for a thick lube 3 in 1 oil works great.
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### Author:  [@AgentFlynn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AgentFlynn)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/4 "2010-01-15T21:45:34Z")
I would suggest trumpet valve oil, I use it whenever I run out f lube or just forgot it somewhere and it work great.
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### Author:  [@wergugy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wergugy)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/5 "2010-01-15T23:04:14Z")
i used canola cooking oil and it works! it made my yoyo responsive though. it’s like thick lube.
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### Author:  [@Fasty\_8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fasty_8)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/6 "2021-08-07T07:50:47Z")
> [@Hardcore\_Max1986](#):
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> baby oil works well as a thin lube
well, baby oil has a substance that breaks your bearing, while being thin.
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/7 "2021-08-07T08:50:07Z")
What do yourself a favor. Don’t get any of that on your hands.
Because if you do and it sucks in every time you miss a trick you cry like a baby and smell like one too.
Seriously, I’d try lubing a bearing with mustard or relish before I put anything on a bearing the smell like baby oil.
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### Author:  [@PolyCelcon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PolyCelcon)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/8 "2021-08-07T10:10:28Z")
Sewing machine or trumpet valve oil, I wouldn’t bother with canola since (vegetable) oils with no additives break down easily.
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### Author:  [@Sergio](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sergio)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/9 "2021-08-07T15:45:36Z")
dont use some random oil because most non yoyo oils damage plastic yoyos.
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### Author:  [@Fasty\_8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fasty_8)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/10 "2021-08-11T00:34:56Z")
Huh? it broke my bearing.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-need-to-lube-my-bearing/10314/11 "2021-08-11T02:48:01Z")
> [@Sergio](#):
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> dont use some random oil because most non yoyo oils damage plastic yoyos.
Not really. Nothing magic about “yoyo oil.”