# Keeping bearing sorted/identified
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/keeping-bearing-sorted-identified/60666
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [October 28, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/keeping-bearing-sorted-identified/60666 "2013-10-28T11:49:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Jbag1489](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jbag1489)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/keeping-bearing-sorted-identified/60666/1 "2013-10-28T11:49:15Z")
Hey guys, I tried searching for this, but didn’t seem to really get what I was looking for.
How do you keep bearings sorted so you know which bearings are which or keep track of what bearings are in what throws?
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### Author:  [@Mr.wIerdHObBies31](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mr.wIerdHObBies31)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/keeping-bearing-sorted-identified/60666/2 "2013-10-28T12:20:09Z")
Well I deshield all my bearings so this is usually quite easy. Ten balls are going to come in most one drops and g squared. Clyw uses 8 ball center tracs so that’s usually distinguishable. ILYY and X^3 use flat metric KMK bearing that is smaller than a size C bearing. Hope this helps a bit.
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### Author:  [@anmo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anmo)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/keeping-bearing-sorted-identified/60666/3 "2013-10-28T12:22:58Z")
I use something like this for bearings/response that I keep in my hard case: [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Options-Accessory-Organizer-Opaque/dp/B007WDO79S)
[http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3809/9897328324\_b788d6ea88\_n.jpg](http://www.flickr.com/photos/32612238@N04/9897328324/)
Any craft organizer would do the trick. There are a bunch of options online, at craft stores, walmart, etc.
In terms of knowing which bearing is which, I usually just try and keep it straight in my head, but I’ve known some people to mark the bearing with a sharpie. I don’t think this has any negative effect on the bearing, but someone else can chime in and clear that up. There are a lot of sharpie colors so you could have one for each type of bearing you own.
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/keeping-bearing-sorted-identified/60666/4 "2013-10-28T13:14:24Z")
So, the ridiculous thing is that I’m not even an organized person with most of my life. I’m very much laissez faire, not a neat freak, etc…
Disclaimer out of the way…
I keep mine in a Google Docs spreadsheet, _PLUS_ the sharpie method. :wink: The Sharpie doesn’t always work because not all bearings have shields and no other part of the bearing is particularly easy or reliable to mark on. So for example:
```auto
SPYY Revenger | Twisted Trifecta | 3 blue dots on shield | unresponsive, quiet | cleaned, 1 pin-drop V4M
```
No OCD or anything, but I like to know which bearings are which because I experiment around so much. If I just kept everything stock I wouldn’t bother.
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### Author:  [@Jbag1489](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jbag1489)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/keeping-bearing-sorted-identified/60666/5 "2013-10-28T13:26:31Z")
Thanks everyone! Mr.wIerdHObBies31, that does help a lot with identifying them. Anmo and Greg, I think I might use a mix of the sharpie/craft organizer things.
And Anmo, I like that case, looks good!
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### Author:  [@Bina](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bina)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/keeping-bearing-sorted-identified/60666/6 "2013-10-28T15:02:58Z")
I dont really care about this, Trifecta and centracs bearings are identified easily and with bunch of konkaves I own, I just pick up one which spins best.