# North Star - bearing and spacer stuck

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing-and-spacer-stuck/45484
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [November 21, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing-and-spacer-stuck/45484 "2012-11-21T14:34:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![anon12742582](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@anon12742582](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon12742582)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing-and-spacer-stuck/45484/1 "2012-11-21T14:34:51Z")

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The bearing and the spacer are stuck together so I can’t get them out.

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### Author: ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing-and-spacer-stuck/45484/2 "2012-11-21T14:40:31Z")

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Take a butter knife and wedge it between the bearing and spacer.

Don’t worry if it makes marks, it will be fine. Don’t do too much pressure. They will come off.

Good luck!

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### Author: ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing-and-spacer-stuck/45484/3 "2012-11-21T18:14:18Z")

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This video may help as well:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/9/1/991c77d1c6c089a65d21b9b197fd78fece27b398.jpeg "YoYoFactory Spacer Removal instructional") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INyRFN49_qc)

Applies to any YYF with spacers.

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### Author: ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing-and-spacer-stuck/45484/4 "2012-11-21T18:20:22Z")

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> [@Studio42](#):
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> This video may help as well:
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> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INyRFN49\_qc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INyRFN49_qc)
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> Applies to any YYF with spacers.

Thanks for that Studio42. 🙂

I was rushing to get out of the house. 😛