# Shutter is responsive **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [August 31, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637 "2013-08-31T22:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lordchootapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lordchootapa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lordchootapa)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/1 "2013-08-31T22:43:31Z")
Wasn’t sure if I should put this in the Mod and Maintenance or here so feel free to move it if this is in the wrong spot. My Shutter is responsive. I throw a sleeper or a breakaway, and if I tug the string it comes right back up to my hand. It has busted my knuckles several times, and hit my hand as well. What do you think is going on? Should I clean the bearing? At first I thought it was the response breaking in but I’ve been playing my Shutter a lot since I got it 3 or 4 days ago. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/2 "2013-08-31T22:46:05Z")
Clean the bearing ---
**Author:** ![J\_Singh\_2K](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/j_singh_2k/32/1250_2.png) [@J\_Singh\_2K](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/J_Singh_2K)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/3 "2013-08-31T22:47:52Z")
Yeah, clean the bearing or switch the bearing. ---
**Author:** ![Lordchootapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lordchootapa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lordchootapa)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/4 "2013-09-01T01:24:25Z")
Ok, will do. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/5 "2013-09-01T23:02:28Z")
No wait, most bearings ship dry, a small drop of lube should fix it. Otherwise clean it. My Center Tracs ship dry, and YYE bearings… ---
**Author:** ![DrAwesome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drawesome/32/1139_2.png) [@DrAwesome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrAwesome)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/6 "2013-09-01T23:50:46Z")
> [@Bcmaddog](#): > > No wait, most bearings ship dry, a small drop of lube should fix it. > > Otherwise clean it. > > My Center Tracs ship dry, and YYE bearings… The lube will just slow the bearing down. He probably has something in it. Clean the bearing. ---
**Author:** ![Lordchootapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lordchootapa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lordchootapa)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/7 "2013-09-02T00:13:22Z")
I cleaned the bearing. It seems to have helped some. Now the string just spins around the bearing, and rarely catches enough to snap back to my hand without a bind return. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/8 "2013-09-02T00:25:37Z")
> [@DrAwesome](#): > > The lube will just slow the bearing down. He probably has something in it. Clean the bearing. Depending on wether or not its dry, or gunked. Is it loud? Or scratchy? ---
**Author:** ![Lordchootapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lordchootapa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lordchootapa)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/9 "2013-09-02T00:29:34Z")
> [@Bcmaddog](#): > > Is it loud? Or scratchy? now that I cleaned it, it’s neither. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/10 "2013-09-02T02:01:03Z")
> [@Lordchootapa](#): > > now that I cleaned it, it’s neither. So, you cleaned it and its just plain responsive? Try a different bearing you know is unresponsive, and if its responsive there is something wrong with the yoyo. Maybe the pads are hanging out some? ---
**Author:** ![Proboscis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/proboscis/32/135627_2.png) [@Proboscis](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Proboscis)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/11 "2013-09-02T02:17:41Z")
We need to make a thread that is called “ANYONE WITH BEARING PROBLEMS” and then inside it will say, Step 1: Clean The Bearing Step 2: Realize that’s all you need to do Step 3: Smile and Throw On 🙂 Seriously…I might do it. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/12 "2013-09-02T02:23:14Z")
> [@Proboscis](#): > > We need to make a thread that is called “ANYONE WITH BEARING PROBLEMS” and then inside it will say, > Step 1: Clean The Bearing > Step 2: Realize that’s all you need to do > Step 3: Smile and Throw On 🙂 > > Seriously…I might do it. Not all bearing problems need a cleaning, not a responsiveness comes from a bearing… (Make that thread now!!!) ---
**Author:** ![YourBBQ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yourbbq/32/7926_2.png) [@YourBBQ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YourBBQ)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/13 "2013-09-02T04:44:07Z")
clean the bearing ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/14 "2013-09-02T13:26:04Z")
> [@YourBBQ](#): > > clean the bearing She already did. ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zorro/32/206266_2.png) [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/15 "2013-09-02T13:55:30Z")
Like everybody else: clean the bearing, replace the bearing, or lube the bearing. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shutter-is-responsive/58637/16 "2013-09-04T02:14:29Z")
> [@Zorro](#): > > Like everybody else: clean the bearing, replace the bearing, or lube the bearing. No need to replace a brand new bearing. Lubing and cleaning can fix it everyone if done right. I have never bought a new bearing. Just cleaned them.