# Protostar Spacers Stuck

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [March 16, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739 "2011-03-16T22:24:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![brandoide1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/brandoide1/32/662_2.png) [@brandoide1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/brandoide1)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/1 "2011-03-16T22:24:37Z")

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Is there any way to get the spacers out of a protostar? They are NOT stuck on the bearing, they are stuck on the halves of the yoyo. Can they come off, or are they stuck there?

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**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/2 "2011-03-17T02:13:38Z")

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take a small screwdriver. One time my fiesta bearings shields and cclip came out in the half and i used a screwdriver.

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**Author:** ![Camjameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/camjameron/32/775_2.png) [@Camjameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Camjameron)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/3 "2011-03-17T02:40:36Z")

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> [@Rika-chan](#):
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> take a small screwdriver. One time my fiesta bearings shields and cclip came out in the half and i used a screwdriver.

same you just put it in the hole and just slightly pry it off

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**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/4 "2011-03-17T04:41:29Z")

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I used pliers. One end in the hole, the other on the outside. Pinch and remove.

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**Author:** ![xaix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xaix/32/766_2.png) [@xaix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xaix)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/5 "2011-03-18T08:21:14Z")

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yeah the spacers can be remove by using pliers

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**Author:** ![brandoide1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/brandoide1/32/662_2.png) [@brandoide1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/brandoide1)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/6 "2011-03-18T14:58:59Z")

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Are there treads on the plastic? Or just on the spacer?

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**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/7 "2011-03-18T20:05:55Z")

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there are threads in the plastic

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**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:** [March 18, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/8 "2011-03-18T20:37:18Z")

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Or more correctly, there are steel nuts embedded in the plastic body.

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**Author:** ![brandoide1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/brandoide1/32/662_2.png) [@brandoide1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/brandoide1)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/9 "2011-03-19T00:04:42Z")

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I got one out with the screw driver thing so thx 🙂 But how do you get the one out on the side with the axle in it?

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**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/10 "2011-03-19T03:46:31Z")

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Dont use pliers to take out the spacers. You’ll reshape it and then you cant put the axle into the yoyo.

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**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar-spacers-stuck/24739/11 "2011-03-19T05:34:58Z")

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I grab the inside of the spacer, in the hole, so I don’t make weird marks.

BTW, you can unscrew the axle and take out the spacer.