# Quiet bearings?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [September 19, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018 "2011-09-19T01:43:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Andy\_88](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Andy_88)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/21 "2011-09-24T15:06:03Z")
Yeah um I got a 10 ball and it was quiet but then a day after it was pretty noisy , and I have v4m lube but I had put it in some of my stock bearings and it made them responsive and didn’t have the spin time they had before, can anybody help with that
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### Author:  [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/22 "2011-09-24T16:39:50Z")
> [@Andy\_88](#):
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> Yeah um I got a 10 ball and it was quiet but then a day after it was pretty noisy , and I have v4m lube but I had put it in some of my stock bearings and it made them responsive and didn’t have the spin time they had before, can anybody help with that
yeah, you can help with it. 😛
just use the bearing. lube always makes bearings semi-resonsive and slower. once it’s broken in, it should be unresponsive and just as fast as normal.
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### Author:  [@fjh123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fjh123)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/23 "2011-09-26T01:35:41Z")
Any viscus liquid slows a bearing down. It takes energey to move it.
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### Author:  [@dirty\_birdy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dirty_birdy)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/24 "2011-09-26T14:57:25Z")
> [@Andy\_88](#):
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> Yeah um I got a 10 ball and it was quiet but then a day after it was pretty noisy , and I have v4m lube but I had put it in some of my stock bearings and it made them responsive and didn’t have the spin time they had before, can anybody help with that
Did you properly clean and fully dry the bearing _before_ putting lube in the bearing? If you don’t clean before lubing, then, any dirt/dust/stuff/etc that is in the bearing will tend to coalesce, making more problems for the bearing than prior to the lube…
db
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### Author:  [@yojibba12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yojibba12)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/25 "2012-02-27T23:24:24Z")
I just started using powdered graphite lubricant in my bearings. Cleaned and dried first, of course. Bit noisy at first, but once its broken in, its smoooooth and more quiet. Not silent, but more quiet.
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### Author:  [@hallelu-yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hallelu-yo)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/26 "2012-02-27T23:30:22Z")
for some reason my yoyojam speed bearing plays really quiet in my northstar. Even quieter with thin lube.
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### Author:  [@jrspike](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrspike)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/27 "2012-02-28T03:42:38Z")
well, if people are complaining about the sound, get a crucial grooved bearing, they literally make my metal yoyos sing, (it’s fairly quiet though) it makes a soothing, almost musical note, that I’ve never heard from other bearings
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### Author:  [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/28 "2012-02-28T04:00:27Z")
> [@Kihyo](#):
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> To be honest, loud bearings don’t bother me all. In fact, I kinda like the sssssssssssssss sound it makes 8) But that’s just me. The sound annoys some people so much that they ask me to stop playing 😛 Are there any bearings that are made to be quiet, or anything I can do to quiet the bearing? And I mean bearings that still allow long sleepers. I can make bearings silent by lubing it a whole lot, but that just makes the yoyo sleep less longer and very responsive ☹ Any help? Thanks guys.
You can clean the bearing in lighter fluid, and lube it with thin lube, just like a drop. The standard flat bearings are pretty quiet. Just give it like a drop of lube.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/29 "2012-02-28T05:17:20Z")
> [@Studio42](#):
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> I notice more than anything, the design of the yoyo seems to have more of an affect on the volume than anything else. Most of my yoyos have a cone-type outside, which acts a natural amplifier. My Die-Nasty, which seems to have a fairly firm cap, actually seems quieter.
I agee with this. ^^^
I was so happy with a KK bearing I’m using in my Gnarwhal, I got a bunch more for my other throws. Dietz - silent. Code 1 - silent. Burnside - silent. DV888 - noisy. Hmmm. I swapped bearings with the Code 1 and the DV888 was still noisy while the Code 1 was silent. So it wasn’t the bearing, it was the yoyo. Even the best bearing may still result in noisy play. You need a solid yoyo to go along with it.
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### Author:  [@yojibba12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yojibba12)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/30 "2012-02-28T14:53:28Z")
> [@jrspike](#):
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> well, if people are complaining about the sound, get a crucial grooved bearing, they literally make my metal yoyos sing, (it’s fairly quiet though) it makes a soothing, almost musical note, that I’ve never heard from other bearings
I agree. After playing my RecRev throws, which come stock with the crucial grooved, I got one for my DV888. Helped out with the noise and feel quite a bit. They spin so smooth.
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### Author:  [@N.Samuelson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/N.Samuelson)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/31 "2012-02-28T15:14:52Z")
I bought a one drop 10-ball bearing for my YYF Chaotic and it keeps it very quiet. Highly recommended.
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### Author:  [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/32 "2012-03-02T03:54:26Z")
I just ordered some terrapin x bearings off eBay. Jayyo is the only one who has said anything remotely bad about them.
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### Author:  [@Elluzion](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Elluzion)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/33 "2014-09-01T13:44:04Z")
> [@MikeEff](#):
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> I agee with this. ^^^
> I was so happy with a KK bearing I’m using in my Gnarwhal, I got a bunch more for my other throws. Dietz - silent. Code 1 - silent. Burnside - silent. DV888 - noisy. Hmmm. I swapped bearings with the Code 1 and the DV888 was still noisy while the Code 1 was silent. So it wasn’t the bearing, it was the yoyo. Even the best bearing may still result in noisy play. You need a solid yoyo to go along with it.
I have noticed this with old clyws, even with a silent bearing they SCREAM, i think its the bearing seat?
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### Author:  [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/quiet-bearings/30018/34 "2014-09-01T17:59:40Z")
AIGR’s. Lubed.
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