# protostar emergency

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950>\
**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\
**Created:** [August 15, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950 "2010-08-15T06:15:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Srebernak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Tom\_Srebernak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tom_Srebernak)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950/1 "2010-08-15T06:15:48Z")

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i just got my protostar today, and it was really hard to screw it in. i didnt think anything of this, but i got a knot. when i unscrewed it, one of the spacers was lodged a little higher than the bearing.how can i get the spacer out or fix this problem.

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**Author:** ![jakeeln](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jakeeln/32/546_2.png) [@jakeeln](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jakeeln)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950/2 "2010-08-15T19:47:03Z")

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Just keep it in there and screw it back in.  
Or  
You can untwist your string and place it into the gap and pull.  
Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![yoyoFRReeak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyofrreeak/32/621_2.png) [@yoyoFRReeak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoFRReeak)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950/3 "2010-08-19T18:46:54Z")

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\<param name=“movie” value="[http://www.youtube.com/v/INyRFN49\_qc](http://www.youtube.com/v/INyRFN49_qc)

This will help ya :wink:

I hope.

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**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950/4 "2010-08-20T04:00:41Z")

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> [@yoyoFRReeak](#):
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> \<param name=“movie” value="[http://www.youtube.com/v/INyRFN49\_qc](http://www.youtube.com/v/INyRFN49_qc)
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> This will help ya :wink:
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> I hope.

Yep. That should work! Tyler you rule. :wink:

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**Author:** ![thrower121](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@thrower121](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thrower121)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950/5 "2010-08-20T04:06:21Z")

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that worked for my grind machine

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**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950/6 "2010-08-20T04:07:46Z")

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> [@thrower121](#):
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> that worked for my grind machine

Dude, it didn’t work, you told me like a second ago. lol

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**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:** [August 21, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950/7 "2010-08-21T03:40:47Z")

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> [@yoyoFRReeak](#):
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> \<param name=“movie” value="[http://www.youtube.com/v/INyRFN49\_qc](http://www.youtube.com/v/INyRFN49_qc)
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> This will help ya :wink:
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> I hope.

:-[ my protostar spacers stay in the yoyo. i’ve never had mine come out. sorry to intrude but how to fix this?

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**Author:** ![AFrozenYetiBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@AFrozenYetiBaby](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AFrozenYetiBaby)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-emergency/17950/8 "2010-08-21T03:50:52Z")

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Leave them there they arent hurting anything