# String wedged under bearing? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [February 23, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236 "2019-02-23T21:07:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Darkness](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Darkness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/1 "2019-02-23T21:07:14Z")
![IMG_20190223_230349](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/5/e/75e5b27fb132552a069145243181d8e05492b7d1.jpeg) The string is getting wedged between the bearing and the other side of the yoyo from doing normal yoyo tricks. What could be causing this? ---
**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 23, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/2 "2019-02-23T21:10:36Z")
Hmmm :thinking: Try tightening the yoyo more? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/3 "2019-02-23T21:27:49Z")
Is that a OneStar? ---
**Author:** ![Drakkar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drakkar/32/230080_2.png) [@Drakkar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Drakkar)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/4 "2019-02-23T21:34:09Z")
I can’t really tell from the picture, but that is certainly not normal. It almost seems like the wrong kind of bearing was used. If you’ve tightened it enough, like smileypants suggested, and the bearing used is the correct one, then there might be something wrong with the bearing seat, and hence, the yo-yo itself. In that case, you might want to start considering a new purchase. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/5 "2019-02-23T21:42:26Z")
If it is a OneStar, you’ll need another yoyo. I bought a Paul Han edition Onestar and th exact sam thing kept happening to me and it wasn’t a matter of tightening it properly. There was a problem with the bearing seat area. It looks like you could be having the same problen there. ---
**Author:** ![Darkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Darkness](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Darkness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/6 "2019-02-23T21:53:57Z")
I have ---
**Author:** ![Darkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Darkness](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Darkness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/7 "2019-02-23T21:54:49Z")
It’s a sage ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/8 "2019-02-23T21:56:02Z")
A sage is a OneStar. I’m sorry for your loss. ---
**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 23, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/9 "2019-02-23T22:02:35Z")
> [@anon5341354](#): > > It looks like you could be having the same problen there. Did you try using a thicker string? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/10 "2019-02-23T22:10:47Z")
I can’t remember. It was a while ago. A thicker string would still be snaggy even if it wasn’t stuck beyween the bearing and the seat. ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/11 "2019-02-23T22:23:25Z")
Any chance you took the yoyo apart, put the string on the bearing, and then assembled the yoyo? ---
**Author:** ![noodles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/noodles/32/36467_2.png) [@noodles](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/noodles)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/12 "2019-02-24T02:16:50Z")
You probably put the string onto the yoyo before screwing it together. Unscrew the yoyo, take out the string, rescrew the yoyo, and then open the loop and put it onto the yoyo. ---
**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 25, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-wedged-under-bearing/299236/13 "2019-02-25T17:51:43Z")
Is there any crack in the thin wall between the bearing and response pad? A small chip there will cause this problem.