# Noisy konkave bearing

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [May 6, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noisy-konkave-bearing/66002 "2014-05-06T21:38:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![FinalFantasy9001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d6d6ee/32.png) [@FinalFantasy9001](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FinalFantasy9001)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noisy-konkave-bearing/66002/1 "2014-05-06T21:38:39Z")

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I got a KonKave bearing, and it makes a ton of noise when I play with it. Do I have to break it in? If so, how long should it take?

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**Author:** ![yoyo\_yizzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de053/32.png) [@yoyo\_yizzo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_yizzo)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noisy-konkave-bearing/66002/2 "2014-05-06T21:45:21Z")

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Adding a tiny bit of lube should lower the noise

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**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noisy-konkave-bearing/66002/3 "2014-05-06T23:33:21Z")

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Clean it then lube it.

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**Author:** ![mullicabob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mullicabob/32/1108_2.png) [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noisy-konkave-bearing/66002/4 "2014-05-07T00:36:57Z")

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No way a noisy bearing thread. Thought I had seen everything.

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**Author:** ![Jgarcia05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jgarcia05](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jgarcia05)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noisy-konkave-bearing/66002/5 "2014-05-10T01:04:17Z")

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> [@mullicabob](#):
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> No way a noisy bearing thread. Thought I had seen everything.

cmon man, no need to be a jerk. in the time it took you to type that out, you could’ve actually typed something helpful. :wink:

anyways, if the bearing is loud, its more then likely dirty. even if you just got the bearing new, it just take a little dust or some loose string strands to make a once quiet bearing screeching loud. just do a search for how to clean a bearing and go from there. plus, after cleaning and drying it, I would test the bearing in the yoyo to check the noise. if the noise persists slightly, add a pin needle tip worth of lube to the bearing and that should solve the problem.

let us know how it goes and come back if you need more help. 🙂

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**Author:** ![sam1741](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@sam1741](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sam1741)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noisy-konkave-bearing/66002/6 "2014-05-14T02:23:52Z")

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hi guys…

I have the same problems too  
i have 10-ball concave bearing, and its very noisy

so i took it out for cleaning,  
i lube it with half drop of oil…

but its still noisy

only if i put a lot of oil, it will be less noisy  
but that will make my yoyo super responsive… ☹

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**Author:** ![DarkSunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@DarkSunshine](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DarkSunshine)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noisy-konkave-bearing/66002/7 "2014-05-16T01:25:46Z")

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Not all bearings can be silent. If you tried cleaning and lubing the bearing, but doesn’t work, I don’t know what to do about it. ☹

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**Author:** ![yoyo\_yizzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de053/32.png) [@yoyo\_yizzo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_yizzo)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/noisy-konkave-bearing/66002/8 "2014-05-16T01:34:00Z")

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> [@DarkSunshine](#):
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> Not all bearings can be silent. If you tried cleaning and lubing the bearing, but doesn’t work, I don’t know what to do about it. ☹

time to buy some Monkeyfinger gorillus lurbricus.  
it made one of my bearings for my ape x not so loud  
its pretty quiet