# Stripped yoyo help

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [July 31, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripped-yoyo-help/84523 "2017-07-31T04:13:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![PD123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PD123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PD123)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripped-yoyo-help/84523/1 "2017-07-31T04:13:04Z")

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So i have overtightened my horizon and my kilter 2 i have got these two stripped. The axles are fine, just the place where we put the axle. Is there any hope for my yoyos? Help me, please 😢

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripped-yoyo-help/84523/2 "2017-07-31T04:25:01Z")

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You need to find someone that can retap the threads with the next size up screw for an axle. Usually requires a lathe for accurate work.

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**Author:** ![Throwto100](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwto100/32/87184_2.png) [@Throwto100](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Throwto100)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripped-yoyo-help/84523/3 "2017-08-07T16:59:23Z")

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This may be too late, but try flipping the axles around and screwing the yoyos back together.

It will only work if you have some thread left.

The horizon may be worth it, but the price for fixing your kilter 2 might end up costing over half the price you played for it. Why not buy a kilter 3 here if that turns out to be the case?

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**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:** [July 25, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stripped-yoyo-help/84523/4 "2018-07-25T04:55:48Z")

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> [@jhb8426](#):
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> someone that can retap the threads with the next size up screw for an axle

I agree, it makes sense that you’d have to drill the whole thing out to a larger size and that is a “retap” … _except_ … the last (and only…) time I had a stripped yoyo fixed, it was a bit different than this… he said that the **helicoil** inserts new stainless steel threads in the same exact size hole! He even re-used the same axle size!

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/4/f/44fc78790952300d6300302536ec3681e8bc54cd.jpeg)

> [@How is tapping done?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-is-tapping-done/58785/19):
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> this was going to be my recommendation. Using a helicoil is pretty simple actually. We just went over it in my automotive class on monday. [[How to Repair Threads With A Heli-Coil Insert] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFYa6sjhh_E)

You still need someone that has a helicoil kit and an accurate drill press to get it right – any misalignment of the axle is obviously catastrophic!