# Speedmaker Response Adjusting
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [June 18, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342 "2009-06-18T01:31:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@dcgreen97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dcgreen97)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342/1 "2009-06-18T01:31:20Z")
ok, i don’t know if this goes under mods, but here goes:
when you are adjusting the response of the speedmaker, if the gap is bigger, what happens to the response(e.g. more responsive or less responsive)? And, of course, vice versa- what happens when the gap is smaller? Please help!
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### Author:  [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342/2 "2009-06-18T01:33:04Z")
When the gap is bigger it is less responsive, when its smaller it is more responsive. :wink:
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### Author:  [@rsmod123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rsmod123)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342/3 "2009-06-18T02:16:54Z")
But you can’t give a gap way to big, or the string won’t even wind up properly, and won’t “unwind” properly, it will just slip to the end of the string.
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### Author:  [@dcgreen97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dcgreen97)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342/4 "2009-06-19T02:05:23Z")
> [@gm user](#):
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> When the gap is bigger it is less responsive, when its smaller it is more responsive. :wink:
weird. my gap is as small as it will go, but it is still unresponsive. i think because over time it gets less responsive.
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### Author:  [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342/5 "2009-06-19T02:10:15Z")
> [@dcgreen97](#):
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> > [@gm user](#):
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> > When the gap is bigger it is less responsive, when its smaller it is more responsive. :wink:
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> weird. my gap is as small as it will go, but it is still unresponsive. i think because over time it gets less responsive.
Yep. The bearing breaks in, but if the gap is bigger it may be even less responsive.
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### Author:  [@Zafuri](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zafuri)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342/6 "2012-11-12T07:33:43Z")
> [@Paolo](#):
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> > [@dcgreen97](#):
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> > > [@gm user](#):
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> > > When the gap is bigger it is less responsive, when its smaller it is more responsive. :wink:
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> > weird. my gap is as small as it will go, but it is still unresponsive. i think because over time it gets less responsive.
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> Yep. The bearing breaks in, but if the gap is bigger it may be even less responsive.
how do u break the bearing in ?
btw, my speedmaker is doing well by turning the cap 2 turns (adjusting the gap and without making any changes) 😃
make sure that the bearing is clean and u adjusted the gap to its maximum (make sure the string wont slide into the axle) and ull get a pleasing unresponsive play
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### Author:  [@modman10](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/modman10)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342/7 "2012-11-12T18:05:51Z")
The bearing breaking in refers to the lube that the yoyo bearing shiped in breaks down therfore making it more unresponsive.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/speedmaker-response-adjusting/3342/8 "2012-11-13T01:52:12Z")
> [@Zafuri](#):
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> how do u break the bearing in ?
By playing it.
BTW - did you look at the date on the post you replied to?
It’s 3 years old,son… :wink: