# Maybe needing to break in my bearing?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [February 28, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/maybe-needing-to-break-in-my-bearing/35292 "2012-02-28T03:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/maybe-needing-to-break-in-my-bearing/35292/1 "2012-02-28T03:29:54Z")

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I just got one of the gen-yo AIGR bearings and when I got it, it had a light lube in it, so I cleaned it. For like 10 min it was playing smooth/unresponsive, then it got fairly responsive again. Do I just need to break in my bearing more?

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/maybe-needing-to-break-in-my-bearing/35292/2 "2012-02-28T06:00:07Z")

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> [@johnnyrocks!!!](#):
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> I just got one of the gen-yo AIGR bearings and when I got it, it had a light lube in it, so I cleaned it. For like 10 min it was playing smooth/unresponsive, then it got fairly responsive again. Do I just need to break in my bearing more?

Very much probably.

Even Terrapin X Bearings, which claim to not need a break-in, while they play fantastic right out of the little plastic baggie, but the more you play it, the better it plays. So, their break-in period is, well, I don’t know how to say it, but more graceful? Seems right.

Really, any new bearing needs to be broken in, regardless of what make or model.