Well I desheilded them, blew them out with a bike pump w/ needle, and did the cleaning crap.
Yeah, I expected to be yelled at for WD-40.
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Ok so I referbished the YYJ stock, but the energy and the PGM bearing are still shot. I lubed, then cleaned, then lubed. THey are still shot. No reason…
DON’T USE WD40!!! >:( (Just kidding geez. :P) (Lol!)
But yeah, I don’t know why people say WD40 is’nt good. They say it will eat and end up destroying the bearing but that might just be all hype. I used it once but I think I traded the yoyo with the bearing. But for the 2 days I used it and it seemed fine. But still, I recomend going to Home Depot and spending about $5 on some paint thinner or whatever. For like $5 you get like a gallon that will last you for life. I use paint thinner and it works great. Try this and hopefully it will work.
I have paint thinner. I was wondering how to get bearings well… Un-shot. I WD-40 it, then clean the bearing, then lube it. The cleaning takes away the WD-40, Its just the WD-40 makes all my bearings spin properly, it just makes them responsive.
approximately 2 years ago almost all bearings came packed full of grease. There was public demand for yo-yos to come with clean bearings, which most manufacturers do now. The downside obviously being this increases the chance of bearing failure.
A couple of things to know
Bearings don’t last forever
Bearings work best with some lubricant in them. This definitely prolongs the bearing life
Impacts can kill bearings
Extreme changes in climate is bad for bearings
and finally
WD-40 contains chemicals which weaken some plastic. AVOID USING IT IN BEARINGS THAT GO IN PLASTIC YO-YOS. Even residue in the bearing may escape and get on the plastic.
well if you don’t have anything like lighter fluid(anykind works), just blow into them to get out junk, and lube (spin on tip of a pencil), resheild, play
Blowing into them is only a substitute, the lighter fluid or mineral spirit works about 3x better