# Please Help... **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [September 11, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030 "2010-09-11T22:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crazyoyow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crazyoyow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyoyow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/1 "2010-09-11T22:14:36Z")
I just got a superstar in a trade with sunny, but the bearing won’t come off. I have tried everything. Help? ---
**Author:** ![Vivo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vivo/32/419_2.png) [@Vivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Vivo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/2 "2010-09-11T22:41:12Z")
Even pliers? ---
**Author:** ![crazyoyow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crazyoyow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyoyow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/3 "2010-09-11T22:51:27Z")
> [@Vivo](#): > > Even pliers? yup ---
**Author:** ![Vivo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vivo/32/419_2.png) [@Vivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Vivo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/4 "2010-09-11T23:12:56Z")
> [@crazyoyow](#): > > > [@Vivo](#): > > > > Even pliers? > > yup Try to wiggle the bearing while pulling it. ---
**Author:** ![Mi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mi1/32/626_2.png) [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/5 "2010-09-11T23:20:33Z")
Sunny has a shady trade history. Use plyers with medical tape around the teeth of the plyers. Then wiggle softly until it comes off. Nothing but friction is keeping it on there… you just have to pull it up really straight after a few wiggles. Also it hel;s to NOT grip the plyers too hard. That makes the bearing post grabby. ---
**Author:** ![Ohemgee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e36b37/32.png) [@Ohemgee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ohemgee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/6 "2010-09-13T06:43:34Z")
if pliers dont work try the string trick first wrap a old string around the axle then screw the yoyo back together unscrew it and the bearing should be on the other side use the string under the bearing to pull it off ---
**Author:** ![crazyoyow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crazyoyow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyoyow)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/7 "2010-09-13T23:52:05Z")
none of these worked… The string thing just broke my string, and I don’t have medical tape. also, if this helps, it has a center track installed. ---
**Author:** ![YoyoMango](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyomango/32/580_2.png) [@YoyoMango](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoMango)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/8 "2010-09-14T00:00:54Z")
do your pliers have a curcular cutting place near the bottom? if so use this to grab the bearing, wiggle it and pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![d4rqk0n3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/d4rqk0n3/32/411_2.png) [@d4rqk0n3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/d4rqk0n3)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/9 "2010-09-14T00:25:45Z")
if you aren’t worried about having to clean the bearing, hit the inside of the bearing seat with some WD-40 through the straw, let it sit for a few minutes then try and pull it off with one of the methods previously mentioned. Obviously if you don’t want to clean the bearing it could (will) make the bearing responsive. Just a forewarning, so if you do get it off, no need to ask us why it is suddenly responsive 😛 ---
**Author:** ![crazyoyow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crazyoyow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyoyow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/10 "2010-09-14T00:30:03Z")
> [@d4rqk0n3](#): > > if you aren’t worried about having to clean the bearing, hit the inside of the bearing seat with some WD-40 through the straw, let it sit for a few minutes then try and pull it off with one of the methods previously mentioned. Obviously if you don’t want to clean the bearing it could (will) make the bearing responsive. Just a forewarning, so if you do get it off, no need to ask us why it is suddenly responsive 😛 does it HAVE to be wd 40? or can i just use some oil, or thin lube, or thick lube and somesuch? ---
**Author:** ![d4rqk0n3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/d4rqk0n3/32/411_2.png) [@d4rqk0n3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/d4rqk0n3)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/11 "2010-09-14T01:37:45Z")
no, I think most any type of lubricant might work I was just using WD-40 because most people have it 😛 Thin lube might work too, the idea though is to let the lube seep into the groove of the stuck bearing. ---
**Author:** ![jrodriguez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jrodriguez/32/7914_2.png) [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/12 "2010-09-14T01:40:47Z")
Try the smooth side of a drill bit. Like this: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/8/e/b8e542cbfa4182416ab2f78aa6015213cebafedb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![crazyoyow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crazyoyow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyoyow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/13 "2010-09-14T21:59:37Z")
> [@jrodriguez](#): > > Try the smooth side of a drill bit. Like this: > > [http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k74/rigo311/P3283526.jpg](http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k74/rigo311/P3283526.jpg) how large does it have to be for a c sized bearing? ---
**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/14 "2010-09-14T22:01:23Z")
The inner race of a C sized bearing is 1/4". ---
**Author:** ![crazyoyow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crazyoyow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyoyow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/15 "2010-09-14T22:08:40Z")
ok… going to find a 1/4 inch pipe thing… edit: I couldn’t find it, so i tried again with the pliers. After 10 agonizing minutes of pulling, I finally got the bearing off. I changed the bearing ( that center track wasn’t working well) and I siliconed the superstar. Now I’m afraid to put the bearing back on. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sunny](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sunny)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/16 "2010-09-15T01:43:55Z")
Just to clarify, I sent him exactly what I was supposed to, and both parties are happy with what they got. I never found a need to remove the bearing, and never even attempted to. So the problem with the seat was completely unknown to me, and plus, it’s definitely not unheard of for YYF seats to be tight to the point of having to be sent in. ---
**Author:** ![crazyoyow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crazyoyow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyoyow)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/17 "2010-09-15T23:20:24Z")
its fine… btw, how do you lock a thread? I can’t find a lock button ---
**Author:** ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/19030/18 "2010-09-15T23:35:09Z")
> [@crazyoyow](#): > > its fine… btw, how do you lock a thread? I can’t find a lock button It shold be in the bottom left corner of the screen. It’s a red button.