# My Fixie's Unfixing **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [January 12, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831 "2016-01-12T18:58:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/1 "2016-01-12T18:58:16Z")
My No Jive keeps coming apart. I have to check it or it will get lose. And while that makes for some excitement when I throw and it goes everywhere, it’s not ideal. I have an o-ring in it and the gap is good, but I don’t want to twist the axle by over tightening, so any ideas on keeping things together? Is this just a thing that you have to sort of look out for? ---
**Author:** ![once\_upon\_a\_paul](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/once_upon_a_paul/32/1034_2.png) [@once\_upon\_a\_paul](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/once_upon_a_paul)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/2 "2016-01-12T19:02:04Z")
Those take-apart fixies are overrated. You need one of those wooden yoyos that don’t come apart ;D ;D :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/3 "2016-01-12T19:16:03Z")
> [@once\_upon\_a\_paul](#): > > Those take-apart fixies are overrated. You need one of those wooden yoyos that don’t come apart ;D ;D :wink: Hahaha! Don’t even worry about that, I’m keeping my eye OUT for one of those 😃 I’m just pretty sure that while I’m learning I’ll mess up the axle one way or another and I’m going to have to replace it. ---
**Author:** ![KiLbUcK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kilbuck/32/794_2.png) [@KiLbUcK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KiLbUcK)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/4 "2016-01-12T19:41:40Z")
> [@Morgoroth](#): > > My No Jive keeps coming apart. > I have to check it or it will get lose. > And while that makes for some excitement when I throw and it goes everywhere, it’s not ideal. > > I have an o-ring in it and the gap is good, but I don’t want to twist the axle by over tightening, so any ideas on keeping things together? > > Is this just a thing that you have to sort of look out for? Put some teflon tape around the axle threads…that should do the trick! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yooldman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooldman/32/1213_2.png) [@yooldman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yooldman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/5 "2016-01-12T19:43:44Z")
> [@KiLbUcK](#): > > Put some teflon tape around the axle threads…that should do the trick! 🙂 You beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/6 "2016-01-12T19:52:54Z")
> [@KiLbUcK](#): > > Put some teflon tape around the axle threads…that should do the trick! 🙂 I can’t believe I didn’t think of that… ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo_2/32/219839_2.png) [@Yo\_2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo_2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/7 "2016-01-12T22:17:34Z")
…but you are absolutely right about not over tightening. You can warp the axle when you do that. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/8 "2016-01-12T22:23:08Z")
It’s more than likely the o-ring. If you have a solid shim that works better. You can make them out of card stock or the clear plastic most stuff comes encased in these days. Otherwise the teflon tape solution suggested may be the answer. ---
**Author:** ![\_RTD\_alecto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_rtd_alecto/32/1336_2.png) [@\_RTD\_alecto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_RTD_alecto)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/9 "2016-01-12T23:34:37Z")
> [@once\_upon\_a\_paul](#): > > Those take-apart fixies are overrated. You need one of those wooden yoyos that don’t come apart ;D ;D :wink: why dont you show him what good fixies are… ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/10 "2016-01-13T00:18:56Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > It’s more than likely the o-ring. If you have a solid shim that works better. You can make them out of card stock or the clear plastic most stuff comes encased in these days. Otherwise the teflon tape solution suggested may be the answer. Yeah, I’m thinking once I burn out an axle, I’ll just cut a piece off and use that. This might be a dumb question, but how do I know if I’ve twisted the axle sleeve? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/11 "2016-01-13T00:25:24Z")
I’ve never had a problem with the sleeve on a no-jive, but an indication would be that you can’t effectively tighten the yoyo. I’m assuming by sleeve that you are referring to the threaded metal insert. If it does twist or come loose you could glue it with a bit of epoxy. But since it has a hex head embedded in the shell I think loosening it is very remote. You could however strip it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/12 "2016-01-13T00:28:33Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > I’ve never had a problem with the sleeve on a no-jive, but an indication would be that you can’t effectively tighten the yoyo. I’m assuming by sleeve that you are referring to the threaded metal insert. If it does twist or come loose you could glue it with a bit of epoxy. But since it has a hex head embedded in the shell I think loosening it is very remote. You could however strip it. I mean the wooden axle sleeve. If you over tighten the yoyo it can warp it. But how do you know when that has happened? ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-fixies-unfixing/78831/13 "2016-01-13T00:53:45Z")
> [@Morgoroth](#): > > I mean the wooden axle sleeve. If you over tighten the yoyo it can warp it. > But how do you know when that has happened? if you take it out it will be visibly twisted and slightly crushed compared to a new one. it happens with normal use over time (any time you catch the yo-yo unevenly, inertia will allow one side or another to twist a bit), but is exacerbated the more you manually tighten your yo-yo. it’ll also play noticeably crummier. i probably have an example lying around somewhere.