Use a table knife. Stick the blade in the small gap between the spacer and bearing and roll the bearing/spacer assembly forward while pushing down gently with the knife.
There is no “Must be”. They are on extremely tight. YYF says this is for performance. YYF has since been shown that is not the case.
Keep at it, be patient and be careful.
Can I just put the bearing and the spacers in some paint thinner, or do I have to take the spacers off
The spacers are pretty dirty too
Rolling method always works! And, spacers and shields would prohibit the flow of acetone and prevent flowing, making the acetone take a very long time to dry and the cleaning to not work well.
I feel like a gigantic noob in this conversation but…
Can someone give me a good explanation of the whole “roll the bearing thing”
I could loan you a couple yoyos tomorrow. I have a some that are similar to the Protostar.
I do believe I have fixed it
It still has a somewhat of a loud sound and it will sometimes grab the string if I jerk it up high enough
But I think it’s fine now
Thank you all for helping me!
I’m probably going to buy a few new yoyos at the contest anyways
What was your fix? Because it doesn’t sound fixed.
However if you jerk the yoyo up way high and it grabs, that’s really not a bearing issue. That’s just managing to get too much string in the gap.
Buy some new bearings while you’re out too. The Buddha Ripple is a CenterTrack-type bearing.