# Loose Axle **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [April 21, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755 "2011-04-21T20:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TehBladeOfDoom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tehbladeofdoom/32/837_2.png) [@TehBladeOfDoom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TehBladeOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/1 "2011-04-21T20:46:59Z")
My yo-yo’s axle is really loose for some reason. My yo-yo doesn’t tighten very well and it vibes alot. How can I fix this? ---
**Author:** ![skeletonboy333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/2 "2011-04-21T22:29:02Z")
Try replacing the axle. An old axle can get loose like mine. ---
**Author:** ![TehBladeOfDoom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tehbladeofdoom/32/837_2.png) [@TehBladeOfDoom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TehBladeOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/3 "2011-04-21T22:39:47Z")
> [@skeletonboy333](#): > > Try replacing the axle. An old axle can get loose like mine. Thanks, but how do I remove an axle to replace it? ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/4 "2011-04-22T00:37:33Z")
It depends on the yoyo. If the axle has a spot for an alan wrench, use an allen wrench. You can find them at most hardware stores. If the axle does not have a spot for an allen wrench, use a rubber band and pliers. wrap the rubber band around the axle TIGHTLY, then grasp the rubber band and turn. The rubber band is there so that the pliers do not strip the axle. ---
**Author:** ![nobody](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nobody/32/845_2.png) [@nobody](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/5 "2011-04-22T01:18:16Z")
It doesn’t matter if the axle gets striped, he’s replacing it. ---
**Author:** ![skeletonboy333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/6 "2011-04-22T01:19:40Z")
You take the axle out to replace it. What do you mean “nobody”? ---
**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:** [April 22, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/7 "2011-04-22T03:31:28Z")
> [@TehBladeOfDoom](#): > > My yo-yo’s axle is really loose for some reason. My yo-yo doesn’t tighten very well and it vibes alot. How can I fix this? It would help a bit if you said what kind of yoyo it is, and if maybe you overtightened it a bit. Sounds like the axle is stripped, but again, it helps to know what the yoyo is to recommend a fix. ---
**Author:** ![nobody](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nobody/32/845_2.png) [@nobody](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/8 "2011-04-23T13:44:28Z")
> [@skeletonboy333](#): > > You take the axle out to replace it. What do you mean “nobody”? I mean if the axles broken what does it matter if he skrews it up taking it out. He probably isn’t keeping it right. But then again he could just put on some locktight. ---
**Author:** ![skeletonboy333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/9 "2011-04-23T17:03:19Z")
No. Randomly pulling the axle out will work, but it will most likely wreck the axle nozzle in the yoyo. ---
**Author:** ![nobody](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nobody/32/845_2.png) [@nobody](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/loose-axle/25755/10 "2011-04-23T17:47:01Z")
> [@skeletonboy333](#): > > No. Randomly pulling the axle out will work, but it will most likely wreck the axle nozzle in the yoyo. Oh my god, I was trying to say was that he wouldn’t need an elastic band to protect the axle when he was unscrewing it with pliers