# Never been unscrewed, who cares? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [April 11, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490 "2023-04-11T21:23:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ian\_Bender](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ian_bender/32/186856_2.png) [@Ian\_Bender](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ian_Bender)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/1 "2023-04-11T21:23:56Z")
So I occasionally see sellers, stating in the description that the yo-yo has never been unscrewed. Does this really matter? Some will argue that these yo-yos are high end performance machines, tuned meticulously to perform at their highest level and unscrewing the yo-yo even once will cause the it to vibe or perform poorly but from years of playing and collecting, I have never found this to be the case. So do you care? And if so, why? ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/2 "2023-04-11T21:25:57Z")
Unscrewed! Just throw it away… ---
**Author:** ![tylerpan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tylerpan/32/215095_2.png) [@tylerpan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tylerpan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/3 "2023-04-11T21:31:25Z")
I think unscrewed = keep the bearing seat brand new which sometimes bearing seat wear out cause vibe I think. But to my experience I don’t care much about it because some yoyos I receive brand new also has some vibes to it and some second hand I bought are smooth even though bearing seat is a little worn out. ---
**Author:** ![MaximShoots](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/maximshoots/32/171131_2.png) [@MaximShoots](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MaximShoots)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/4 "2023-04-11T21:32:05Z")
Unscrewed yo-yos are just worse, this is a known fact. Simply throw away your yo-yo if your bearing is going out or if your pads are dead. Don’t refill your gas tank, just get a new vehicle ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/5 "2023-04-11T21:37:19Z")
First thing I do when I get a new yoyo is throw the box away and crank open the yoyo. I also never intend to sell any of them…. ---
**Author:** ![Lido](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lido/32/173650_2.png) [@Lido](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lido)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/6 "2023-04-11T21:39:40Z")
I know a guy who’s a great long-time thrower and has a decent collection. He’s adamant about not unscrewing his yoyos. When I bought something from him, I immediately unscrewed it and his expression was like “whelp, you just ruined it.” I can’t really feel the difference between a perfectly tuned yoyo and one that’s got minimal vibe, just like I can’t really feel the difference between a _lot_ of yoyos that people consider very different. I assume that unscrewing affects a yoyo in a way only some people can detect (and not everyone who can detect it would necessarily care). I also read in another topic that YYR in the early days recommended not to unscrew so it could come from there. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/7 "2023-04-11T21:42:01Z")
> [@Lido](#): > > I also read in another topic that YYR in the early days recommended not to unscrew so it could come from there. I believe that’s what started this idea. The web store description actually warned against unscrewing them. ---
**Author:** ![Isaac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/isaac/32/597931_2.png) [@Isaac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Isaac)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/8 "2023-04-11T21:42:17Z")
I think this originated with 44Recreation/YoYoRecreation, IIRC they used to have language in their descriptions discouraging unscrewing the yo-yo if possible because otherwise you were going to have to tune it to get rid of the vibe when screwing it back together. ETA: ha, double jinx ---
**Author:** ![Mystik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mystik/32/83294_2.png) [@Mystik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mystik)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/9 "2023-04-11T21:44:26Z")
About as relevant as when said, “mint in box”, yet they take a photo of it out of the box. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Mystik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mystik/32/83294_2.png) [@Mystik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mystik)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/10 "2023-04-11T21:47:04Z")
If they weren’t meant to be disassembled, there wouldn’t be such a thing as bearing maintenence. ---
**Author:** ![Orion22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/71e660/32.png) [@Orion22](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Orion22)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/11 "2023-04-11T22:25:40Z")
It simply means that if they played it, then you are going to need to replace the pads and clean the bearing soon. Otherwise it means it didn’t get much play. Edit: _Laughs in Side Effects_ ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/12 "2023-04-11T22:28:13Z")
> [@Mystik](#): > > said, “mint in box”, yet they take a photo of it out of the box. Hahahaha!!! ---
**Author:** ![Gurr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gurr/32/183651_2.png) [@Gurr](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gurr)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/14 "2023-04-11T23:03:04Z")
If anyone has any unscrewed or otherwise ruined yoyo’s please feel free to pm me. I can give you my address so I can dispose of them properly. ---
**Author:** ![Shapapy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shapapy/32/141199_2.png) [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/15 "2023-04-11T23:09:14Z")
> [@Ian\_Bender](#): > > So do you care? I do not. I will screw and unscrew with frivolous abandon and laugh manically while I do so. Who’s gonna stop me??? Seriously, I don’t know how anyone can not unscrew a yoyo. That’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/16 "2023-04-11T23:18:08Z")
Doing gods work ---
**Author:** ![bheinz63](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bheinz63/32/137310_2.png) [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/17 "2023-04-11T23:20:26Z")
Mad man ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/18 "2023-04-11T23:23:07Z")
> [@Ian\_Bender](#): > > unscrewed = (equals) > [@TheThrowingGnome](#): > > screwed! Forever Tighten ---
**Author:** ![POspot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@POspot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/POspot)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/19 "2023-04-11T23:52:37Z")
I have started a yo-yo land fill and smelting crucible business to help those that have ruined please send ruined throws. To be recycled into something new. Haha :joy: no but really keep them they are fine. ---
**Author:** ![MarioMaker17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@MarioMaker17](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarioMaker17)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/20 "2023-04-11T23:53:10Z")
The first thing I do with a yoyo is maintenance on the bearing. Not sure how people get away with never taking apart a yoyo because the bearings need to be maintained. Don’t you need to lube a yoyo before using? ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490/21 "2023-04-11T23:55:44Z")
Do you have to lube? No. Should you lube? Probably. Will the yoyo start getting responsive over time if never unscrewed. 100% unless it’s never used… [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/never-been-unscrewed-who-cares/373490.md?page=2)