# Side effect maintenance pro tip from a pro **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [February 20, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145 "2019-02-20T20:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FourCorner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fourcorner/32/122296_2.png) [@FourCorner](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FourCorner)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/1 "2019-02-20T20:11:37Z")
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! > [@OD Side Effects Axle Size?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/od-side-effects-axle-size/295341/6): > > If your side effect yoyo has any vibe, just put some thin lube on a q tip and lube up the side effect hole on the yoyo. Best way I’ve found to tune side effect yoyos, and it’s recommended too, keeps side effects from getting stuck. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/2 "2019-02-20T20:13:22Z")
How, exactly, does lubing the hub hole help eliminate vibe? ---
**Author:** ![Applepooh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/applepooh/32/40751_2.png) [@Applepooh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Applepooh)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/3 "2019-02-20T20:15:49Z")
Magic 🧙🏼‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/4 "2019-02-20T20:20:02Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/5 "2019-02-20T20:20:29Z")
Nope. It’s magic. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/6 "2019-02-20T20:21:07Z")
I actually have no idea haha, I’ve just found it does help a little. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/7 "2019-02-20T20:44:59Z")
As to not steal any credit, I actually got the tip from Ibanezcollector in this video [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzPCNNSTQL0) ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/8 "2019-02-21T01:29:34Z")
guys guys guysguysguys_guys_. 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). ---
**Author:** ![eternalmetal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eternalmetal/32/44877_2.png) [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/9 "2019-02-21T02:34:51Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > Metal on metal [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/a/d/8ad45af39b5eeb5efb5ec031f32395b2b3d1ab92.jpeg "Anvil - Metal on Metal") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qSEwYaSlWk) Metal on metal It’s the only way ---
**Author:** ![FourCorner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fourcorner/32/122296_2.png) [@FourCorner](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FourCorner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/10 "2019-02-21T12:05:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/11 "2019-02-21T18:39:55Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/12 "2019-02-21T19:52:01Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![FourCorner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fourcorner/32/122296_2.png) [@FourCorner](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FourCorner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/13 "2019-02-21T19:57:45Z")
I don’t know what decade you grew up in but… [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/8/5/58522e325c53e0f72d74a92b60d70c7ab8148f90.jpeg " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p_1QSUsbsM) ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/14 "2019-02-21T20:01:31Z")
![lubeallthethings](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/1/f/31fceaa1d513a6e7173c2b69e716942069a37213.png) ---
**Author:** ![eternalmetal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eternalmetal/32/44877_2.png) [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/side-effect-maintenance-pro-tip-from-a-pro/299145/15 "2019-02-22T00:32:35Z")
One of the best yoyo “memes” ive seen yet, actually laughed at this one.