# My sprout bearing is already bad. Grinding need advice on new bearings **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [July 10, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sprout-bearing-is-already-bad-grinding-need-advice-on-new-bearings/448824 "2026-07-10T18:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![bigstupidbees](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bigstupidbees/32/210638_2.png) [@bigstupidbees](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bigstupidbees)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sprout-bearing-is-already-bad-grinding-need-advice-on-new-bearings/448824/2 "2026-07-10T18:50:22Z")
> [@How do you deal with bearings?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-bearings/440742/7): > > After trying acetone and a couple other ones, I now use dawn dish soap with hot water. I put the bearing on the end of a paintbrush handle, scrub the soap in, spin it in the water until it feels like nothing is stuck in there, then dry. I use a Datavac to blow dry them but you could use compressed air, and I used to put them in a towel and spin them around to dry them with centrifugal force. Air dry works too, just don’t put them away or in a yoyo until they’re fully dry. You can put a little b… This is what I do for all my bearings. Dawn dish soap the GOAT --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-sprout-bearing-is-already-bad-grinding-need-advice-on-new-bearings/448824)._