# Please Help!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [March 4, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/79539 "2016-03-04T22:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ReplayPro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@ReplayPro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ReplayPro)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/79539/1 "2016-03-04T22:19:12Z")
Please help, my CenterTrac bearing is stuck on my YYF multitool! I have tried all the things I can think of, but can’t get it off! At this point I don’t care If I have to destroy the bearing, but I would like to save the multitool if possible. Any ideas will be excepted. FYI: I have already tried pliers… A picture is included. ---
**Author:** ![saintrobyn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saintrobyn/32/54_2.png) [@saintrobyn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/saintrobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/79539/2 "2016-03-04T22:21:58Z")
Freeze it. ---
**Author:** ![MoggFanatic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moggfanatic/32/49_2.png) [@MoggFanatic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoggFanatic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/79539/3 "2016-03-04T22:24:18Z")
This happens to me all the time. Best advice I can give you is to try applying a bit of light oil like 3 in One around the stuck area and just keep trying to pull it off. A pair of pliers would probably help, but you will probably destroy the bearing if you apply too much pressure. ---
**Author:** ![wishiwasayoyoexpert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e57/32.png) [@wishiwasayoyoexpert](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wishiwasayoyoexpert)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/79539/4 "2016-03-04T22:25:44Z")
Put it in the freezer for 10 minutes and then tie a string just above the bearing. Pull really hard and the bearing will shoot off. ---
**Author:** ![ReplayPro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@ReplayPro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ReplayPro)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/79539/5 "2016-03-04T23:01:20Z")
I tried, freezing it, didn’t work. This thing is stuck BIG TIME… 😬 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/79539/6 "2016-03-04T23:07:49Z")
[Bearing stuck on multitool](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,89134.0.html) ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/79539/7 "2016-03-04T23:13:44Z")
Ok, so here’s my shot: Take some pliers and grip the metal bar part of the multitool. Don’t grip it very hard because you want to allow the bar to slide easily enough. Take a screwdriver and put it into the hole of the bar (it doesn’t have to fit in; it’s just there so we can easily hammer in the direction we want). Take a hammer and hit the handle of the screwdriver until the tool comes free. Make sure you have the pliers tight enough on the tool so that when the hammer is applied, the pliers will be putting pressure on the inner ring of the bearing, not the outer ring. I haven’t had trouble myself because of that, but I surmise that taking it out by the outer ring would be like ripping the bearing apart and could be damaging. That’s a guess; I’ve never seen it happen. I think many times the problem is that the bearing get’s stuck at an angle on the tool, so push hard against a flat surface could get it back to normal; that sounds risky though, so I haven’t ever tried it. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/please-help/79539/8 "2016-03-05T01:38:37Z")
[Bearing stuck… in bearing removal tool](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,79581.0.html) > [@Bearing stuck... in bearing removal tool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearing-stuck-in-bearing-removal-tool/70584/2): > > Use a vice opened far enough for the tool to fit loosely between the jaws with the bearing laying on top of the jaws. Take a punch and a hammer and knock it out (tapping lightly). With luck you won’t break the bearing.