# My favorite looper :( **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [March 3, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298 "2013-03-03T05:06:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Squaktopus13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/squaktopus13/32/1325_2.png) [@Squaktopus13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Squaktopus13)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/1 "2013-03-03T05:06:10Z")
Today I was playing with my raider and decided to try this cranking mod thing and right below the threaded end of my axle broke and is now stuck in the nut what should I do and can I take off the caps? I don’t want to have buy another but will if I need to. ---
**Author:** ![Yonut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yonut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yonut)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/2 "2013-03-03T05:09:34Z")
Learning to mod Raiders is expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/3 "2013-03-03T05:25:04Z")
> [@Squaktopus13](#): > > Today I was playing with my raider and decided to try this cranking mod thing and right below the threaded end of my axle broke and is now stuck in the nut what should I do and can I take off the caps? I don’t want to have buy another but will if I need to. If it broke, how can it be stuck?? If you can get some pictures he can help you more easily :). Try unscrewing it? Will it not unscrew at all? Can you pull the halves apart with strength? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/4 "2013-03-03T06:40:08Z")
> [@Bcmaddog](#): > > > [@Squaktopus13](#): > > > > can I take off the caps? > > If it broke, how can it be stuck?? If you can get some pictures he can help you more easily :). Try unscrewing it? Will it not unscrew at all? Can you pull the halves apart with strength? It can be “stuck” because there’s not enough of the screw left to grab on to to unscrew it. No, raider caps are not removable (easily that is). ---
**Author:** ![Squaktopus13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/squaktopus13/32/1325_2.png) [@Squaktopus13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Squaktopus13)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/5 "2013-03-03T06:40:16Z")
Well the threaded piece axle snapped in the nut which is in the yoyo not allowing me to screw the pieces together ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/6 "2013-03-03T14:18:50Z")
> [@Squaktopus13](#): > > Well the threaded piece axle snapped in the nut which is in the yoyo not allowing me to screw the pieces together O, so they are not stuck together? You could try putting some glue on the tip and stick it in there. It might go together and stay, but it won’t unscrew. My 2 cents, do not try something you do not know how to do on a yoyo you love :). ---
**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:** [March 3, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/7 "2013-03-03T22:12:26Z")
> [@Bcmaddog](#): > > O, so they are not stuck together? You could try putting some glue on the tip and stick it in there. It might go together and stay, but it won’t unscrew. > > My 2 cents, do not try something you do not know how to do on a yoyo you love :). Glue won’t work. Doesn’t matter what he tries at this point, it’s pretty much toast w/o some major surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/8 "2013-03-03T22:28:32Z")
Drill a hole in the cap. Its fairly easy and you will see lots of peoples fireballs with this hole. Also did you try cranking it with metal or plastic spacers? Also if you crank it from what I understand you have to sand down the plastic spacers first. Don’t try it with metal spacers. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/9 "2013-03-03T22:52:32Z")
> [@Schnayke](#): > > Drill a hole in the cap. > Its fairly easy and you will see lots of peoples fireballs with this hole. > Also did you try cranking it with metal or plastic spacers? > Also if you crank it from what I understand you have to sand down the plastic spacers first. > Don’t try it with metal spacers. Whats the hole going to allow? To get the broken pieces out? How will he get it working after that? ---
**Author:** ![Squaktopus13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/squaktopus13/32/1325_2.png) [@Squaktopus13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Squaktopus13)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/10 "2013-03-03T23:37:28Z")
I just picked up another raider neon edition ---
**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:** [March 4, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/11 "2013-03-04T01:13:08Z")
> [@Schnayke](#): > > Drill a hole in the cap… Never thought of that. > [@Bcmaddog](#): > > Whats the hole going to allow? To get the broken pieces out? How will he get it working after that? It might allow access to the nut to unscrew it, in which case all he would need is a new axle to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/12 "2013-03-04T01:43:43Z")
once you get into a raider/fireball its a nut in a hub tower. you can just take it out like duncans. They are not uncommon and the axles can be bought, or scrapped from another broken fireball/raider. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-favorite-looper/50298/13 "2013-03-04T15:27:49Z")
> [@Schnayke](#): > > once you get into a raider/fireball its a nut in a hub tower. you can just take it out like duncans. They are not uncommon and the axles can be bought, or scrapped from another broken fireball/raider. Ok, I get it. Never had a Yomega so I didn’t know.