# Protostar response pads.
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [September 22, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362 "2010-09-22T22:11:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@yoyomaverick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaverick)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/1 "2010-09-22T22:11:04Z")
They came off after about a month of play… what do i do?
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### Author:  [@hubstack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hubstack)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/2 "2010-09-22T22:33:48Z")
buy new ones or silicone it
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### Author:  [@crazyoyow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyoyow)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/3 "2010-09-22T22:43:24Z")
they are 888 (slim pad) size
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### Author:  [@yoyomaverick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaverick)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/4 "2010-09-22T22:45:08Z")
what is siliconing?
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/5 "2010-09-22T23:36:01Z")
> [@yoyomaverick](#):
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> what is siliconing?
Putting flowable or gasket maker silicone in the yoyo for response. There is a guide stickied in the modding section for it, as well as many many topics on siliconing and, well, the question you asked.
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### Author:  [@yoyoz1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoz1)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/6 "2010-09-23T01:04:17Z")
I´ve had my protostar sinces April 2010 and the pads still work. Dont spend money on pads, just silicone the yoyo, its cheaper and silicone last longer.
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### Author:  [@yoyomaverick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaverick)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/7 "2010-09-23T02:42:10Z")
but is it still unresponsive? just curious.
and the pads totally came off. kinda weird…
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/8 "2010-09-23T03:48:14Z")
Not weird. Normal. It happens.
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### Author:  [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/9 "2010-09-23T04:02:25Z")
Completely normal. You can buy new pads at any yoyo store. 888 sized, or you can silicone it yourself.
Google “How to silicone a yoyo”. If the video has bad music, it’s a good tutorial.
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### Author:  [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/10 "2010-09-26T03:11:30Z")
> [@Mi1](#):
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> Completely normal. You can buy new pads at any yoyo store. 888 sized, or you can silicone it yourself.
> Google “How to silicone a yoyo”. If the video has bad music, it’s a good tutorial.
lol, but true.
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### Author:  [@yoyomaverick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaverick)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/11 "2010-09-26T16:58:11Z")
is this what im looking for?
> **[YoYoFactory Response Pads](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/products/yoyofactory-yoyo-response)**
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> These are YoYoFactory made response by the Central Bearing Company (CBC) built to fit the majority of yo-yos available today from a wide array of manufacturers. CBC "Slim Pad" Size 19mm OD are now available in different versions: White Pads:The...
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### Author:  [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/12 "2010-09-26T17:01:16Z")
If you want. 888 slim pad sized = Protostar.
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### Author:  [@yoyomaverick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaverick)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/13 "2010-09-26T17:21:10Z")
i want the same ones it came with.
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### Author:  [@Ariq\_PGM\_2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ariq_PGM_2)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/14 "2010-09-26T17:28:53Z")
The ones stock is the Cental Bearing Co. Silicon Pads (Thin 888 sized pads)
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### Author:  [@Mi1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mi1)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/15 "2010-09-26T17:29:15Z")
Thats the ones they come with.
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### Author:  [@yoyomaverick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaverick)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/16 "2010-09-26T20:21:46Z")
i just tried to silicone it… the tube exploded…
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/17 "2010-09-26T20:59:29Z")
> [@yoyomaverick](#):
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> i just tried to silicone it… the tube exploded…
You have to cut the tip of the nozzle off. If you have to try very hard to push it out, something is stuck and now letting the silicone out.
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### Author:  [@yoyomaverick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaverick)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-response-pads/19362/18 "2010-09-27T03:08:59Z")
> [@Apetrunk](#):
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> > [@yoyomaverick](#):
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> > i just tried to silicone it… the tube exploded…
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> You have to cut the tip of the nozzle off. If you have to try very hard to push it out, something is stuck and now letting the silicone out.
little late for that…