Side effect maintenance pro tip from a pro

Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
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This tip from @yoyospirit was buried in another thread. I saw it and tried it and it helped me smooth out some of my SE throws of throws. I thought other people could benefit from it, so I have put it in it’s own topic.

Let me know if it helps you!

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How, exactly, does lubing the hub hole help eliminate vibe?

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Magic :man_mage:t3:

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My thought is that it actually helps to lubricate the O-ring, which may help it to tighten down a little cleaner? That’s my best guess

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Nope. It’s magic.

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I actually have no idea haha, I’ve just found it does help a little.

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As to not steal any credit, I actually got the tip from Ibanezcollector in this video

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guys guys guysguysguysguys. It’s very simple: LUBE ALL THE THINGS.

Metal on metal contact should be lubed, especially when it’s two very different metals (steel on alu).

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Metal on metal
It’s the only way

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To be honest I thought it was pretty self explanatory, but perhaps I did not interrogate my assumptions adequately or correctly.

I thought it removes the dirt or whatever else ends up in the hub hole, which prevents the side effects from sitting flush against the hub hole causing vibe.

Now you could use water, but that has it’s own problems. Again, self evident.

It didn’t work on all my yoyos, but it certainly helped make a couple dead smooth. It could be co-incidence, because when you take out the SE to clean you don’t put it in the exact same position. That is certainly possible.

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Okay, well, to my mind cleaning and lubing are two different and separate operations to perform on a yoyo or its parts, that’s why I was puzzled how lubing the hub hole would help with vibe (as opposed to cleaning any groove or crevasse where dirt could accumulate).

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Pretty sure we’ve had this discussion before but I am 99% sure it’s about alignment when assembled. Anyway, lubing is a net good to the world. LUBE EVERYTHING

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I don’t know what decade you grew up in but…

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One of the best yoyo “memes” ive seen yet, actually laughed at this one.