# ooch smoov's breaking strings
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [August 27, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473 "2010-08-27T20:24:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@fatjoe298](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatjoe298)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/1 "2010-08-27T20:24:54Z")
i got this stupid yoyo yesterday. it broke 4 strings in 2 hours. i tried to sand down the inner ring with a piece of denim. didnt work! i like the way this yoyo performs but it is a string monster!!! i really don’t know what to do any more. im thinking about sending it back to yomega but if somebody can help me fix it i guess that wont be necessary. so please i need help ASAP
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### Author:  [@XminusmikeX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XminusmikeX)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/2 "2010-08-27T20:39:01Z")
I feel like I’m a the lucky one because I have yet to have this happen to me w/ my Ooch. I’ve heard of people rubbing down the Kerrari w/ a sock to help (not sure how it helps but I guess it does). I wouldn’t send it back, I’m sure in time it will be kinder to your strings.
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### Author:  [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/3 "2010-08-27T20:48:23Z")
Green side of the sponge is supposed to work. At least it has worked on other yoyos with the same problem. You can try using a sock too if you don’t have a sponge with a “green” side.
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### Author:  [@fatjoe298](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatjoe298)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/4 "2010-08-27T20:54:41Z")
i don’t know minusmike they are not breaking where it hits the metal part, its breaking around the bearing. im not even throwing that hard. i dont know what is happening. im using slick 8 too. they are the thickest strings i have and are still breaking!
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### Author:  [@j\_lowell9](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/j_lowell9)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/5 "2010-08-27T21:13:48Z")
Take the yoyo and unscrew it then take the yoyo apart and rub it down everywhere with a clean sock then lube your bearing this should fix your problem
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### Author:  [@XminusmikeX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XminusmikeX)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/6 "2010-08-28T11:51:00Z")
What kind of string are you using?
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### Author:  [@A\_Person](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/A_Person)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/7 "2010-08-28T13:13:50Z")
it’s because the beadblast is rough and the bearing area wasn’t shielded. You need to smooth out the blast with something like a sponge
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### Author:  [@mikelz777](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mikelz777)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/8 "2010-08-28T14:25:19Z")
And by sponge, I think he and the poster above mean the rough side of a scrubber sponge.
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### Author:  [@fatjoe298](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatjoe298)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/9 "2010-09-04T21:34:44Z")
> [@XminusmikeX](#):
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> What kind of string are you using?
i tried poly’s, cottons and slick 8 strings. it broke them all within like 10 minutes ☹
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### Author:  [@staten\_island\_man](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/staten_island_man)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/10 "2010-09-05T16:05:52Z")
dude try what all the people above said. use a sponge, a sock or something like jeans, to rub against the surface near the bearing seat
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### Author:  [@MyRevival](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MyRevival)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ooch-smoovs-breaking-strings/18473/11 "2010-09-06T00:00:56Z")
Better than that, just PM me a price and I’ll take that nasty little monster off your hands, as long as it isn’t too torn up.