# Is there any way to make my metal drifter unresponsive?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [January 4, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-my-metal-drifter-unresponsive/82845 "2017-01-04T01:33:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![GrindDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@GrindDude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GrindDude)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-my-metal-drifter-unresponsive/82845/1 "2017-01-04T01:33:11Z")

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Please help, I like my metal drifter but want it unresponsive! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-my-metal-drifter-unresponsive/82845/2 "2017-01-04T03:26:43Z")

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Clean the bearing. You can get details here: [Useful modification & maintenance guides - Axles,Clean, repair, tune, fix yoyos](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,17792.0.html)

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**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-my-metal-drifter-unresponsive/82845/3 "2017-01-04T15:08:09Z")

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You might have to remove one of the response pads also if you want it completely unresponsive.

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**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-my-metal-drifter-unresponsive/82845/4 "2017-01-04T15:15:40Z")

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I would clean the bearing very thoroughly, spray it out with compressed air, leave it dry, then remove one response pad.  
If you take the response pad off neatly enough, you can put it on some wax paper or something and save it for later! Yes, I’m a super cheap yoyoer.