# North star bearing?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing/19949>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [October 11, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing/19949 "2010-10-11T23:34:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Badd2bone85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Badd2bone85](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Badd2bone85)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing/19949/1 "2010-10-11T23:34:24Z")

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I hate the bearing that came with the north star, it’s loud and has a ton of vibe with it. I put a konkave ceramic dif e yo in it and it’s smooth as butter. Does that bearing need to break in? I know it’s never going to be as smooth, but does it get better with play? I just hate putting a $30 bearing in a $35 yoyo.

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**Author:** ![climber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/climber/32/433_2.png) [@climber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/climber)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing/19949/2 "2010-10-11T23:37:44Z")

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The loud part you can get rid of by lube. 😃 I don’t know about the vibe. :-\

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**Author:** ![Badd2bone85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Badd2bone85](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Badd2bone85)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing/19949/3 "2010-10-11T23:46:08Z")

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Yea lube helped. But just wondering if that bearing has a break in period? My ceramics and yyf and yyj bearings didn’t play like that out of the box.

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**Author:** ![j\_lowell9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/j_lowell9/32/358_2.png) [@j\_lowell9](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/j_lowell9)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing/19949/4 "2010-10-12T10:54:44Z")

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Lube your center track then play with it for awhile that’s what I do with my new bearings

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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:** [October 16, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing/19949/5 "2010-10-16T17:56:37Z")

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If the arrows are not alined then it would cause it to have vibe. This happened to me so i alined them and it plays great! And The bearing may just be because of the concave but im not sure… hope this helps

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/north-star-bearing/19949/6 "2010-10-19T02:40:58Z")

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> [@Badd2bone85](#):
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> I hate the bearing that came with the north star, it’s loud and has a ton of vibe with it.

Lube it and break it in. Loud usually means it’s dry. Dry bearings also can cause a vibe. All should be good after a good break in period.