# Replacing 10Ball Bearing **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [April 18, 2014, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536 "2014-04-18T10:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/1 "2014-04-18T10:26:39Z")
So I hate the 10ball bearing. Just a quick question – I’m assuming I can put any size C bearing in my One Drop Yelets, right? ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/2 "2014-04-18T13:18:21Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/3 "2014-04-18T14:20:09Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Jgarcia05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jgarcia05](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jgarcia05)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/4 "2014-04-19T02:20:44Z")
I love to OD 10ball.maybe you got a bad one… Why don’t you like it? ---
**Author:** ![Mofoya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mofoya/32/7946_2.png) [@Mofoya](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mofoya)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/5 "2014-04-19T02:26:56Z")
> [@Jgarcia05](#): > > I love to OD 10ball.maybe you got a bad one… Why don’t you like it? I had this question too! The OD10 isn’t my absolute favorite bearing, but it’s close. As far as flat bearings go, it’s top notch. ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/6 "2014-04-19T11:23:21Z")
What don’t I like about it . . . out of the box it played great. Then it got loud. I lubed it if played great. Then there were horrible noises. Now its frozen. So what I don’t like about it is it requires maintenance. I know I know but I always play yo yos stock and dont have problems with them for YEARS – read: not new to this. And when it played great is was no better than any other bearing – NO BETTER. If it costs more to get the same thing that also requires so much coddling to get it to work – no thanks. Go to hell 10ball! I would never consider getting another one, but if it came stock I’d play it for as long as I could and if it performed as well as a five dollar 8 ball bearing, I might change my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![doompod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@doompod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/doompod)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/7 "2014-04-19T12:07:59Z")
> [@hiltonking](#): > > What don’t I like about it . . . out of the box it played great. Then it got loud. I lubed it if played great. Then there were horrible noises. Now its frozen. So it got loud and instead of cleaning it, you just stuck more lube in? Even for a “beginner” that’s pretty damn stupid. You would think common sense would kick in… No wonder the poor bearing gave up. ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/8 "2014-04-19T12:53:02Z")
Not too cool to call me stupid. I’ve been just dropping lube in for years without ill affect. My point is that every other bearing I’ve owned, probably over 30, has not required this level of attention. I am now resisting saying anything bad to you. ---
**Author:** ![Casey888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Casey888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Casey888)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/9 "2014-04-19T18:50:13Z")
> [@hiltonking](#): > > Not too cool to call me stupid. > > I’ve been just dropping lube in for years without ill affect. My point is that every other bearing I’ve owned, probably over 30, has not required this level of attention. > > I am now resisting saying anything bad to you. Every single seasoned player in the yoyo world knows that OD10 balls need to be either cleaned or broken in. Suck it up and break it in, or clean it. ---
**Author:** ![fjh123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fjh123/32/325_2.png) [@fjh123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fjh123)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/10 "2014-04-20T00:19:57Z")
Not all C size 10 ball bearings are created equal. Try a Terrapin X… ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/11 "2014-04-20T00:24:50Z")
I had the exact same experience with the Terrapin bearings that I tried as I did with the 10-balls that I own. Which is to say, they work great, then get loud and screechy and responsive. Then they require cleaning (which is fine… I don’t care myself, but I’m just saying that’s the next step) before moving on. At least one 10-ball never recovered, and the Terrapin that never recovered was replaced at fjh’s discretion and his own expense (but it still didn’t recover). Putting a drop of lube into a screechy bearing isn’t an awful thing to do… it’s certainly not “stupid”. Personally, I clean every bearing that ever goes screechy. That’s just what I do… I like starting from a clean slate. But LOTS of people (including JonRob as I recall) just put in a drop every now and then and keep on keepin’ on. There’s no holy commandment saying you must clean a bearing just because it gets screechy. Sometimes a bit of lube is all that’s needed for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/12 "2014-04-20T01:44:47Z")
> [@GregP](#): > > I had the exact same experience with the Terrapin bearings that I tried as I did with the 10-balls that I own. Which is to say, they work great, then get loud and screechy and responsive. > > Then they require cleaning (which is fine… I don’t care myself, but I’m just saying that’s the next step) before moving on. At least 10-ball never recovered, and the Terrapin that never recovered was replaced at fjh’s discretion and his own expense (but it still didn’t recover). > > Putting a drop of lube into a screechy bearing isn’t an awful thing to do… it’s certainly not “stupid”. Personally, I clean every bearing that ever goes screechy. That’s just what I do… I like starting from a clean slate. But LOTS of people (including JonRob as I recall) just put in a drop every now and then and keep on keepin’ on. There’s no holy commandment saying you must clean a bearing just because it gets screechy. Sometimes a bit of lube is all that’s needed for whatever reason. Thanks, man. Just a lot of mouthy little kids on this forum . . . ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/13 "2014-04-20T05:43:02Z")
Strange, I haven’t done any kind of maintenance on my ten balls aside from putting a drop of lube on it every few months when they get loud. I’m betting something got stuck in the bearing. Remove the shields of the ten ball, and clean the bearing with soap and water, make sure you have a blow dryer or compressed air ready. Put the bearing on the end of a chopstick or pen, and either blow the water out with the blow dryer on high, or blow the water out with the compressed air. Do this right after you take the bearing out of the water. Apply a small drop of lube after, and you’re bearing should be like new. ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/14 "2014-04-20T11:53:58Z")
> [@yoyospirit](#): > > Strange, I haven’t done any kind of maintenance on my ten balls aside from putting a drop of lube on it every few months when they get loud. I’m betting something got stuck in the bearing. Remove the shields of the ten ball, and clean the bearing with soap and water, make sure you have a blow dryer or compressed air ready. Put the bearing on the end of a chopstick or pen, and either blow the water out with the blow dryer on high, or blow the water out with the compressed air. Do this right after you take the bearing out of the water. Apply a small drop of lube after, and you’re bearing should be like new. Thanks. And what I wound up doing is this: replacing the 10ball with a yyj bearing. But I will take apart the 10 ball, clean it, lube it, and see how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Josh\_Weber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@Josh\_Weber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Josh_Weber)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/15 "2014-04-21T23:47:18Z")
i visited onedrop and they were against putting any other bearing types into the yoyo for it can have a sat on effect. i have a question waiting about if i can use a center track bearing in a code 2. ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/16 "2014-04-21T23:50:39Z")
> [@Josh\_Weber](#): > > i visited onedrop and they were against putting any other bearing types into the yoyo for it can have a sat on effect. i have a question waiting about if i can use a center track bearing in a code 2. As long as they’re the same dimensions, which is all I wanted to determine from this post, I’m sure it doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/17 "2014-04-22T00:09:32Z")
> [@Josh\_Weber](#): > > i visited onedrop and they were against putting any other bearing types into the yoyo for it can have a sat on effect. i have a question waiting about if i can use a center track bearing in a code 2. Take a look at a 10 ball from One Drop then pretty much any other bearing, you’ll notice that the 10 ball has a noticeably bigger inner race than the other bearing. This prevents the bearing from crushing the shim of the yoyo when the yoyo is screwed together, since Side Effect yoyos need to be screwed together tightly. This is pretty much why I think One Drop recommends against using other bearings. ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/18 "2014-04-22T00:12:15Z")
> [@yoyospirit](#): > > Take a look at a 10 ball from One Drop then pretty much any other bearing, you’ll notice that the 10 ball has a noticeably bigger inner race than the other bearing. This prevents the bearing from crushing the shim of the yoyo when the yoyo is screwed together, since Side Effect yoyos need to be screwed together tightly. This is pretty much why I think One Drop recommends against using other bearings. It’s time we got the calipers out. ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/19 "2014-04-22T00:19:18Z")
> [@hiltonking](#): > > It’s time we got the calipers out. I’m not saying the diameter of the inner race is larger, I’m saying the inner race itself is larger. The diameter of the inner race is the same for all C bearings. It’s honestly kind of hard to explain without pics, so I’m gonna use a few. Here is a 10 ball. Take a look at the inner race, it’s larger correct? [http://www.latiendadelyoyo.com/130-5497-thickbox/10-ball-bearing.jpg](http://www.latiendadelyoyo.com/130-5497-thickbox/10-ball-bearing.jpg) Here’s a regular C Bearing. The inner race is thinner than that of the 10 ball correct? ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/8/7/187b09348f678f199b67f79c815bd420192035fe.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536/20 "2014-04-22T00:29:54Z")
> [@yoyospirit](#): > > I’m not saying the diameter of the inner race is larger, I’m saying the inner race itself is larger. The diameter of the inner race is the same for all C bearings. It’s honestly kind of hard to explain without pics, so I’m gonna use a few. > > Here is a 10 ball. Take a look at the inner race, it’s larger correct? > [http://www.latiendadelyoyo.com/130-5497-thickbox/10-ball-bearing.jpg](http://www.latiendadelyoyo.com/130-5497-thickbox/10-ball-bearing.jpg) > > Here’s a regular C Bearing. The inner race is thinner than that of the 10 ball correct? > [http://cdn.yoyoexpert.com/55/view/images/x-large.jpg](http://cdn.yoyoexpert.com/55/view/images/x-large.jpg) Sure looks that way from the photos. Anyway, cleaned the bearing you know lighter fluid and compressed air. I could get to wind up liking the 10ball. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/replacing-10ball-bearing/65536.md?page=2)