# Responsive Ceramic KK Bearing **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 27, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911 "2009-08-27T21:01:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thifi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@thifi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thifi)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911/1 "2009-08-27T21:01:47Z")
Hi all ! Just got my new ceramic kk bearing . Unfortunately, my bearing came super responsive for some reason. I really don’t know what to do . Should I clean a ceramic bearing ? Please help ! Thifi ---
**Author:** ![TheBlackKnight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theblackknight/32/117_2.png) [@TheBlackKnight](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheBlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911/2 "2009-08-27T21:08:11Z")
You just have to break it in. Play it a lot and it will get unresponsive. Hope it helped! ---
**Author:** ![yoyoproyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoproyo/32/88_2.png) [@yoyoproyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoproyo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911/3 "2009-08-28T01:15:26Z")
dose it spin when u flick it? ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911/4 "2009-08-28T01:20:47Z")
Yeah… my friend had this problem. He said he put thin lube on it, and it played amazing after that. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911/5 "2009-08-28T01:27:11Z")
There aren’t many chemicals that will affect Ceramics. You can clean it, throw it in gasoline (don’t really do that), mineral spirits and a ton of other stuff. But a smal amount of lube is all it should need. I don’t listen to people that say you shouldn’t clean them I have cleaned and lubed a full ceramic and it’s butta! ---
**Author:** ![Fr3ak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fr3ak/32/276_2.png) [@Fr3ak](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fr3ak)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911/6 "2009-08-28T05:03:08Z")
> [@icthus](#): > > There aren’t many chemicals that will affect Ceramics. You can clean it, throw it in gasoline (don’t really do that), mineral spirits and a ton of other stuff. But a smal amount of lube is all it should need. I don’t listen to people that say you shouldn’t clean them I have cleaned and lubed a full ceramic and it’s butta! Ya like he said…I clean my ceramic kk all the time with no problems at all. I leave mine deshielded. It seems to spin more freely without the shields. Use a very light lube and work that bearing in. you should be fine. ---
**Author:** ![thifi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@thifi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thifi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911/7 "2009-08-28T13:59:31Z")
Thanks you guys ! By the way , when I flick it with my finger it doesn’t spin that much (5 seconds or so ) but I haven’t played with it that much so… Also , does anyone have a few tips on how to remove a kk bearing’s c-clips because I just can’t deshield it . Thanks again ! Thifi ---
**Author:** ![fusion777](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fusion777/32/231_2.png) [@fusion777](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fusion777)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911/8 "2009-08-28T14:03:34Z")
I heard that cleaning them are kinda bad… Anyway, use a can of some compressed air, you know the stuff to clean out keyboards? Deshield the bearing and blow all the old lube out. Then put a little thin lube in it. ---
**Author:** ![Mage1342](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mage1342/32/75_2.png) [@Mage1342](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mage1342)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/responsive-ceramic-kk-bearing/5911/9 "2009-08-28T15:20:56Z")
Cleaning a ceramic bearing will not damage it. Just remember to dry it out. Also, I would first wait for about 5-7 days of play and see if it is still responsive. If so, then clean the bearing.