# lose ball in bearing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [July 3, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863 "2009-07-03T00:04:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![E.T](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/e.t/32/227_2.png) [@E.T](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/E.T)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/1 "2009-07-03T00:04:09Z")
ok so I just got my kk bearing today and I noticed a small sound in my 888 so I took out the bearing and started shaking it and it made a noise what sounded like a lose ball. is this normal? ---
**Author:** ![EvanB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@EvanB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanB)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/2 "2009-07-03T00:05:10Z")
Nope. Does it still spin? ---
**Author:** ![E.T](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/e.t/32/227_2.png) [@E.T](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/E.T)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/3 "2009-07-03T00:05:37Z")
yeah ---
**Author:** ![EvanB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@EvanB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanB)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/4 "2009-07-03T00:06:59Z")
De-shield it and look. It shouldn’t come loose… ---
**Author:** ![Paolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/5 "2009-07-03T00:07:18Z")
> [@Zero](#): > > yeah Its probably just breaking in, it will be ok, just keep playing. If the play turns bad for some reason, then you should be worried. ---
**Author:** ![Samad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/samad/32/19_2.png) [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/6 "2009-07-03T00:09:40Z")
Actually, Evan’s wrong. :-\ It is okay. Its just the bearing cage rattling around. Its perfectly normal. ---
**Author:** ![E.T](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/e.t/32/227_2.png) [@E.T](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/E.T)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/7 "2009-07-03T00:14:05Z")
ok thanks ---
**Author:** ![Shisaki417](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shisaki417/32/150_2.png) [@Shisaki417](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shisaki417)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/8 "2009-07-03T00:35:02Z")
Yea what Samad said, my 10 ball is doing that also and it still plays fine. ---
**Author:** ![EvanB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@EvanB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanB)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/9 "2009-07-03T01:15:51Z")
Oh… Fail me. :-\ I thought he knew for sure that a ball was loose… ---
**Author:** ![Dudeofyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dudeofyo/32/16471_2.png) [@Dudeofyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dudeofyo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lose-ball-in-bearing/3863/10 "2009-07-03T18:12:39Z")
> [@gm user](#): > > > [@Zero](#): > > > > yeah > > Its probably just breaking in, it will be ok, just keep playing. If the play turns bad for some reason, then you should be worried. Yeah, when bearings break in, there is less lube. When there is less lube, sometimes the cage “rattles” around a little more. This is the noise you hear. The bearing goes faster when the cage is free from lube, and thu the bearing spins faster. So if you here noise, most of the time it is good, as long as it isn’t a bitter sqeaking, which can mean your bearing is WAY underlubed to the point of minimal rust.