# Taking apart a Regulus II **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [January 17, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/taking-apart-a-regulus-ii/297622 "2019-01-17T18:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/taking-apart-a-regulus-ii/297622/5 "2019-01-17T18:49:31Z")
This has been covered: > [@My yo-yo won't unscrew](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-yo-yo-wont-unscrew/84482/8): > > I’ve struggled with a particular CLYW yo-yo I have not been able to take apart for almost a year. I tried the following: rubber gloves putting the yo-yo in the freezer overnight my weak anemic t-rex programmer arms none of these worked for me frowning I finally managed to do it, the advice of @yoyodoc to use tape in a loop (so you effectively have double-sided tape), placing the tape on each rim is correct. In this case I had actual double-sided foam tape on hand so I used that, but the p… All hail @yoyodoc 🙌 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/taking-apart-a-regulus-ii/297622)._