# My Cafe Racer **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [April 6, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574 "2012-04-06T21:43:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![captinev98](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captinev98/32/272_2.png) [@captinev98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/captinev98)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574/1 "2012-04-06T21:43:36Z")
Literally my Cafe Racer is horrible. 90% of the time when I bind it back up it snags. Sometimes it’ll snag 4 times! I was just using it and it must’ve snagged at least 10 times it was ridiculous! Keep in mind on my other yoyos I snag after a bind like 20% of the time I throw or less. Also when my string gets tight, my Cafe Racer becomes responsive. Another thing is that since I got it (yesterday) whenever I pick it up to throw it, it snags right back to my hand. It’s really annoying heck my Asteroid has better binds than my Cafe Racer! ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574/2 "2012-04-06T21:45:54Z")
Clean the bearing, you must. ---
**Author:** ![captinev98](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captinev98/32/272_2.png) [@captinev98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/captinev98)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574/3 "2012-04-06T21:54:30Z")
> [@Shadowz143](#): > > Clean the bearing, you must. I’ve never cleaned a bearing, but don’t you clean it with Thin Lube? If so that’s great becasue I just ordered some for my DM2. ---
**Author:** ![jrodriguez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jrodriguez/32/7914_2.png) [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574/4 "2012-04-06T22:24:20Z")
Here’s a good place to start learning about maintenance: [YoYoExpert.com - Maintenance - Ball Bearing Yo-Yos](http://yoyoexpert.com/learn/405-maintenance-ball-bearing.html) You can also do searches and find quite a bit more info. ---
**Author:** ![captinev98](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captinev98/32/272_2.png) [@captinev98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/captinev98)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574/5 "2012-04-06T22:39:17Z")
Quick question, would nail polish remover work as good as lighter fluid or mineral spirits? I have no idea whether it’ll be a yes or no but it’ll be helpful since my sisters always have it lying around. ---
**Author:** ![rdeleon975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@rdeleon975](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rdeleon975)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574/6 "2012-04-06T22:40:22Z")
Use electrical contact cleaner! that stuff is waaaay better than the traditional methods and is so much faster ---
**Author:** ![YoYoFactoryFreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a88e4f/32.png) [@YoYoFactoryFreak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoFactoryFreak)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574/7 "2012-04-06T22:42:30Z")
Ill buy it… ---
**Author:** ![captinev98](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captinev98/32/272_2.png) [@captinev98](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/captinev98)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574/8 "2012-04-06T22:56:17Z")
Problem, the first side of my bearing shield came off but my other side refuses to come off. It’s making me see rubber ---
**Author:** ![sniffy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sniffy/32/729_2.png) [@sniffy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sniffy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-cafe-racer/36574/9 "2012-04-08T05:01:43Z")
> [@captinev98](#): > > Quick question, would nail polish remover work as good as lighter fluid or mineral spirits? I have no idea whether it’ll be a yes or no but it’ll be helpful since my sisters always have it lying around. If you decide to use nail polish remover make sure it’s 100% acetone and not just plain commercial nail polish remover, which can have additives like cartilage, water and vitamin e oil [Sniffy-Yo.com](http://Sniffy-Yo.com) @Sniffyo on twitter