# My YoYo String keeps breaking'

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**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\
**Created:** [April 12, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931 "2025-04-12T18:41:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![RyGuy10010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@RyGuy10010](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyGuy10010)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/1 "2025-04-12T18:41:56Z")

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I just got my first YoYo and within the first hr, the string snapped. I thought this was a coincidence so i put on a new one and that also broke in an hr!

Any way i can fix this?

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**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/2 "2025-04-12T18:51:13Z")

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What string are you using? On what yoyo(s)?

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**Author:** ![RyGuy10010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@RyGuy10010](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyGuy10010)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/3 "2025-04-12T18:51:51Z")

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i am using a soft string, most likely cotton 1 just broke right as i put it on

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**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/4 "2025-04-12T18:53:40Z")

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Cotton is the most likely to break, but breaking while you put it on is unusual. Do you happen to know what brand it is? Also, what yoyo are you using it on?

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**Author:** ![RyGuy10010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@RyGuy10010](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyGuy10010)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/5 "2025-04-12T18:55:23Z")

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im using a magic yoyo V12 and i dont know the string brand

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**Author:** ![RyGuy10010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@RyGuy10010](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyGuy10010)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/6 "2025-04-12T18:56:02Z")

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the string came with it

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**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/7 "2025-04-12T18:57:57Z")

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Perhaps there is a burr or manufacturing defect at the pad seat. Are you opening the string up to slide over the complete YoYo, or are you opening the YoYo to put over the bearing and screw ing the YoYo back shut? Was it extremely responsive?

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**Author:** ![RyGuy10010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@RyGuy10010](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyGuy10010)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/8 "2025-04-12T18:59:00Z")

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i did it over and took it apart and they kept breaking, i am uising unresposnive

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**Author:** ![RyGuy10010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@RyGuy10010](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RyGuy10010)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/9 "2025-04-12T19:00:26Z")

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do u also know why my bearings are making a noise when it spins?

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**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yoyo-string-keeps-breaking/422931/10 "2025-04-12T19:08:21Z")

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Like SlowThrow said, feel around where the bearing is and make sure the surface of the yoyo feels smooth.

Would it be possible for you to take a video of putting the string on and giving it a throw? Sorry for asking so many questions. Since it seems like you’re newer to the hobby, there are just a lot of variables for both the string and bearing situation.