# Pads + D-bearings **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 26, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pads-d-bearings/421798 "2025-03-26T17:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sammy\_j](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sammy_j/32/292565_2.png) [@sammy\_j](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sammy_j)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pads-d-bearings/421798/1 "2025-03-26T17:38:58Z")
Random musings for the day: What would happen if a yoyo with a D-bearing were to use the large 19mm pads that tend to pair with the larger C-spec bearings? How would this alternate pairing (D bearing & 19mm pads) affect the play of a throw? Has there ever been a throw with the combo? ---
**Author:** ![mable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mable/32/194074_2.png) [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pads-d-bearings/421798/2 "2025-03-26T17:55:39Z")
Yeah this has been done before. Having the response further away from where the string is simultaneously makes it feel more snaggy while also being slippier on binds and throws. It’s a bad combination that’s only done to save time/money, not to make a better yoyo. FD x RS Canary was initially C bearing pads during the first proto, and then the second proto changed to pads that properly fit D bearings and it made the yoyo significantly better all around. There’s still some boutique D bearing releases that have shipped production runs with C bearing pads, but i’ll refrain from naming them. It’s really just a bad design choice that makes the yoyo worse. Response isn’t a one-size-fits-all aspect of yoyo design. Trying to put C bearing response on a D bearing just feels lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pads-d-bearings/421798/3 "2025-03-26T18:00:57Z")
I believe @hobbygod of Dressel and YYWS have D bearing designs with 19mm Pads. I have a CAPSTAN ‘22 like this and it plays fine. However I prefer the Freshly Dirty sized pad. > [@YYWS Capstan 22 Proto REVIEW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyws-capstan-22-proto-review/355050): > > Here it is folks, the Capstan 22 I’ve had a few days with this yoyo, and I feel I am now ready to give a review on what I think about this little guy. I’ll do my best to give a write-up about how this yoyo plays in depth, I’ve been playing on and off for over a decade so I’m familiar with the evolution of yoyo design, and this design really sparks a “new and improved” look while still having the awesome organic geometry I love in a yoyo. Let me first give some background to my me… ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pads-d-bearings/421798/4 "2025-03-26T18:16:27Z")
I’m not a fan of that combo myself. It can work but like Mable bites it can result in wonky binds ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pads-d-bearings/421798/5 "2025-03-27T02:36:42Z")
Having the response pad further from the bearing can result in that “thud” at the end of the string that never feels very comfortable. The reason is from the last bit of the string sliding on the thicker lip between the bearing seat and the response. ---
**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pads-d-bearings/421798/6 "2025-03-27T10:21:14Z")
Akshuwally… Ours are 18mm 🤓