# SPEC bearing
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [May 31, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797 "2009-05-31T10:33:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@rh888king](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rh888king)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/1 "2009-05-31T10:33:01Z")
i heard alot of people saying that your not allowed to clean or lube your spec bearing is this true???
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### Author:  [@Fing3rFr3nzy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fing3rFr3nzy)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/2 "2009-05-31T11:14:46Z")
I personally don’t think so, I think all bearings of all kinds need cleaning and lubing…
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### Author:  [@Mfea](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mfea)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/3 "2009-05-31T11:17:21Z")
I clean my spec. Nothing has happened to it.
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### Author:  [@Spencer\_L](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Spencer_L)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/4 "2009-05-31T11:40:53Z")
It doesn’t actually matter if you do or not, I got my eight/8/eight and I don’t plan on cleaning it for a long time. Let it break in or wear out a little, then see what to do. :wink:
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### Author:  [@rsmod123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rsmod123)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/5 "2009-05-31T12:26:12Z")
People just don’t clean them because they feel that it is smooth enough.
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### Author:  [@Iron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Iron)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/6 "2009-05-31T13:18:59Z")
Personally, I don’t believe in cleaning any type of bearing. I think that if you break it in, it with play just as well, if not better.
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### Author:  [@EvanB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EvanB)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/7 "2009-05-31T14:06:50Z")
Well, all of mine have come thin lubed, so there is no point in cleaning it and lubing it. I clean most YYJ because they seem to be lubed. But I don’t clean SPECs unless I get something in there.
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### Author:  [@rh888king](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rh888king)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/8 "2009-05-31T14:06:52Z")
But when i went to spinworkx in singapore the guys there told me not to clean it or lube it…(yes i want to singapore for a few days lol)
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### Author:  [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/9 "2009-05-31T18:46:30Z")
You are allowed to clean them
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### Author:  [@james](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/james)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/10 "2009-05-31T18:49:38Z")
i dont clean any of my berrings, but i thin lupe them to get the crusty factory lube out! 😃
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### Author:  [@rh888king](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rh888king)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/11 "2009-06-02T12:48:08Z")
oh ok thanks guys ;D
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spec-bearing/2797/12 "2009-06-02T18:12:48Z")
If you just got a SPEC I would say just play with it, maybe after a little while you could put a drop of lube in there, but you don’t need to clean it right off the bat. If you get something in there, then definitely clean it but don’t do it right away. It isn’t necessary and it probably doesn’t do as good a job as just playing it.