# Overtightening sucks **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [April 28, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952 "2009-04-28T01:01:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JRam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JRam](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JRam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/1 "2009-04-28T01:01:40Z")
i lost my first DM to over tightening. and now my second :‘( :’( :'(. I’m not sure how this happened because all i did was tighten it the tightest it can go. when i took out the bearing the entire nub thing just fell out. ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/2 "2009-04-28T01:02:16Z")
Really? I never had that problem and I tighten alot sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Robert2393](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/robert2393/32/7_2.png) [@Robert2393](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Robert2393)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/3 "2009-04-28T01:04:39Z")
That sucks. How long did you have the yo? Keep it spinning™ ---
**Author:** ![JRam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JRam](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JRam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/4 "2009-04-28T01:13:45Z")
> [@Robert2393](#): > > That sucks. How long did you have the yo? > > Keep it spinning™ both of them since christmas ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/5 "2009-04-28T01:15:18Z")
What happened? I mean, there wasn’t any warning? If it came out when you unscrewed it, you might be able to _fix_ it. Just hold the nub to the screw as you screw it. It should screw the nub to the yoyo. ---
**Author:** ![JRam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JRam](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JRam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/6 "2009-04-28T01:18:52Z")
> [@Batryn](#): > > What happened? I mean, there wasn’t any warning? well there were cracks around the nub for like the last month but i never really cared because i thought thats how it came. ;D but as soon as i take the bearing out of the seat out comes the nub ---
**Author:** ![Threepete23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Threepete23](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Threepete23)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/7 "2009-04-28T04:29:54Z")
My buddy just over tightened his mini motu. The first day he got it. He too said “all I did was tighten it all the way.” Sucky time. ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/8 "2009-04-28T15:18:01Z")
The lesson for everybody: be a tad careful when tightening. ANd if your DM does work, it works. But if the nub has fallen out, I doubt that it works. Did this happen while you was tightening it. If not it might be the regular “crack around the nub on a metal-rimmed” issue. I belive this is a usual place to get cracks on metal-rimmed YYJs. So if you have been banging holes in your walls, then that might be your problem. Addment: As long as you are careful when you tighten, this should not happen. ---
**Author:** ![Roto0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Roto0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Roto0)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/9 "2009-04-29T01:26:49Z")
maybe u shoulder just give the cap a slight spin to screw in it might stop on its own ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/10 "2009-04-29T01:28:57Z")
I know we’re not helping, but you never know! Try this: 1. Screw the nub back on. Locktite? 2. Superglue. Then go to step 1. 3. Tape??? Why did it come out when you took out the bearing? Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![JRam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JRam](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JRam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/11 "2009-04-29T02:55:58Z")
not sure it just happened ---
**Author:** ![Speeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Speeder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Speeder)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/overtightening-sucks/1952/12 "2009-04-29T12:28:54Z")
maybe its all just a freak accident and it’ll all be over soon. P.S. I used to overtighten my yoyo and my first brain yoyo kindda died cause it never opened afterwards(stuck).then i stopped and now i don’t care if it(new yoyo) falls apart cause it never does.