# Stuck axle
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [June 3, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686 "2021-06-03T16:37:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/1 "2021-06-03T16:37:11Z")
Axle is stuck in one half of one of my yoyos. I’ve tried pliers and it won’t come out.
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### Author:  [@djinni\_cake](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/djinni_cake)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/2 "2021-06-03T16:41:02Z")
Have you tried leaving it in the freezer for an hour or so?
It’s worked for me for a yoyo I flat out couldn’t unscrew.
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### Author:  [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/3 "2021-06-03T16:51:28Z")
Huh. No I haven’t
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### Author:  [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/4 "2021-06-03T19:12:26Z")
Freezer method didn’t work.
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### Author:  [@yoyojoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyojoe)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/5 "2021-06-03T19:14:56Z")
What throw is it? Some companies have glued in axles to half of the throw.
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### Author:  [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/6 "2021-06-03T19:16:13Z")
I know that isn’t the case. I took out the original axle to put in a replacement and the replacement is stuck.
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### Author:  [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/7 "2021-06-03T19:23:49Z")
I always put problems like this into the freezer for at least 30 min. Worst case scenario, the axle may be ground into that half forever. If the yoyo can still be put together properly and plays fine…
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### Author:  [@BWright](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BWright)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/8 "2021-06-03T19:38:19Z")
If you have a can of compressed air, turn it upside down and spray it just on the axle. It gets very cold and should shrink the axle relative to the yoyo. It has worked for me in the past. Also works well for stuck fishing rod ferrules.
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### Author:  [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/9 "2021-06-03T19:54:52Z")
@ChrisFrancz I tried that already and it doesn’t put together. It has a gap next to the bearing. @BWright I’ll try that too.
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### Author:  [@maathimself](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/maathimself)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/10 "2021-06-03T21:02:06Z")
If you have some M4 nuts you can try the double nut method:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ATKL4G04M&t=84)
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stuck-axle/339686/11 "2021-06-09T02:06:30Z")
> [@PCaliyoyos](#):
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> I know that isn’t the case. I took out the original axle to put in a replacement and the replacement is stuck.
Are you sure the threads matched the original? If it is oversized you’re probably screwed.