# my DM **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [February 6, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080 "2010-02-06T07:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Skyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Skyoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/1 "2010-02-06T07:15:26Z")
My dm is getting more responsive and cleaning and applying lube is just making it more responsive! any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/2 "2010-02-06T19:35:15Z")
Don’t apply lube to often. You only need a pin drop size of lube. It will be responsive for awhile and become more unresponsive as you play. But one thing… You are using thin lube right? ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/3 "2010-02-06T19:52:23Z")
Lube won’t make a yoyo unresponsive and in fact will make it slightly responsive, even thin lube. You just have to deal with it until it can break in. ---
**Author:** ![yoyosnard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyosnard/32/463_2.png) [@yoyosnard](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyosnard)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/4 "2010-02-25T03:54:30Z")
Yeah, Apetrunk is right. You need to break it in,Dont apply to much lube, and you only have to clean it every 7 weeks(usually),and if you have already applied too much lube you still need to break it in, it will take longer because you need to break down more than usual but still break it in. ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/5 "2010-02-25T04:02:00Z")
Where in the world did you get 7 weeks from? ---
**Author:** ![Fangers123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fangers123/32/267_2.png) [@Fangers123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fangers123)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/6 "2010-02-25T11:48:31Z")
Wondering the same thing…maybe his personal experiences? Unless that’s what he was told… ---
**Author:** ![yoyosnard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyosnard/32/463_2.png) [@yoyosnard](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyosnard)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/7 "2010-02-25T15:18:32Z")
About that every 7 weeks thing thats when you should clean it, but a lot of people get debris in their bearing before that. so you dont HAVE to clean it every 7 week, but you should ---
**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/8 "2010-02-25T15:29:24Z")
There is no reason to clean you bearing on any set interval. Clean a bearing when it needs to be cleaned, don’t just clean it because it is that time of the month again. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_rocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Johnny\_rocks](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Johnny_rocks)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/9 "2010-02-25T16:24:10Z")
i don’t know if you guys know what genre this question is in but he want’s a mod! the best mod in my opinion to make a DM more unresponsive is to replace the o-ring with silicon. And you can also shave of the Starburst response, but i don’t recommend doing that not because it doesn’t help because, because you can replace the o-ring but not the starburst. If that doesn’t help let me know so we can further assist you ;D ---
**Author:** ![Lazegalli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6de8d8/32.png) [@Lazegalli](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lazegalli)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/10 "2010-02-25T17:55:04Z")
> [@Johnny rocks!!!](#): > > i don’t know if you guys know what genre this question is in but he want’s a mod!  the best mod in my opinion to make a DM more unresponsive is to replace the o-ring with silicon.  And you can also shave of the Starburst response, but i don’t recommend doing that not because it doesn’t help because, because you can replace the o-ring but not the starburst.  If that doesn’t help let me know so we can further assist you  ;D Sounds a bit funny from a guy who asked this: > **[Why is my DM responsive?!?!?!?!?!?!?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,12534.0.html)** > > Hi Bought a DM about 1 and 3 quarters of a month ago, when i first bought it, it was very unresponsive but after about 5 days it turned responsive. and ever since then it’s been responsive what should i do? ... two days ago! :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-dm/11080/11 "2010-02-25T18:30:37Z")
> [@Yummy](#): > > There is no reason to clean you bearing on any set interval. Clean a bearing when it needs to be cleaned, don’t just clean it because it is that time of the month again. Yeah really. Nobody likes when it’s that time of the month anyways. 😛