# Terrapin bearing **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 17, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097 "2014-06-17T04:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![m7limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@m7limey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m7limey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/1 "2014-06-17T04:46:59Z")
Why is my terrapin x delta cut bearing so noisy out of box? ---
**Author:** ![qpwoei12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/qpwoei12/32/396_2.png) [@qpwoei12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/qpwoei12)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/2 "2014-06-17T05:04:46Z")
They are like that. You sacrifice sound because they must be run dry to work properly. ---
**Author:** ![m7limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@m7limey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m7limey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/3 "2014-06-17T14:11:22Z")
Is there any way that I can make it quieter? ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/4 "2014-06-17T14:19:33Z")
Is it the steel/ceramic, or is it the straight-steel with DryPlay? ---
**Author:** ![m7limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@m7limey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m7limey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/5 "2014-06-17T14:35:37Z")
It’s just steel ---
**Author:** ![m7limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@m7limey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m7limey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/6 "2014-06-17T14:39:18Z")
It’s not the dry play one ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/7 "2014-06-17T14:42:13Z")
> [@m7limey](#): > > It’s just steel The steel ones are usually treated with DryPlay. The ceramic ones are not. I wrote this before you ninja’d me and said there’s no DryPlay, so I’m going to keep it here anyhow :wink: (also, are you SURE there’s no DryPlay? I thought that’s how he sold his steel bearings…): * * * Could be that the DryPlay hasn’t fully worked itself in yet. That stuff will break in over time and play. Give it some time. If it doesn’t, and you have access to acetone, try putting just a drop in. Not too much, since you don’t want to clean the DryPlay out of the bearing. Before you put the drop in, “mount” the bearing on a chopstick or something similar, and flick the bearing to distribute the acetone around before it evaporates. Keep flicking for a while and then put it back in the yoyo. A steel DryPlay treated bearing once broken in should have a smooth metallic hiss to it, not a rattly choppy sound. If you still get no satisfaction, you could always try cleaning the bearing, but you’d lose the DryPlay. Still seems like a good bearing, DryPlay or not, so if that’s what it takes it’s not the end of the world. ---
**Author:** ![m7limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@m7limey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m7limey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/8 "2014-06-17T14:45:21Z")
Ok should I lube it or just wait for the dry play to break in ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/9 "2014-06-17T14:50:52Z")
> [@m7limey](#): > > Ok should I lube it or just wait for the dry play to break in If it is DryPlay treated like most of their steels (you could always write to find out… he’s responsive to inquiries) I would follow my above advice, which does not include lubing. :wink: You do NOT lube DryPlay treated bearings unless you’ve given up on the DryPlay and have cleaned them first. ---
**Author:** ![m7limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@m7limey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m7limey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/10 "2014-06-17T14:52:58Z")
Would you you recommend giving up on the dry play or keeping it ---
**Author:** ![Coronett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/coronett/32/1393_2.png) [@Coronett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Coronett)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/11 "2014-06-17T15:23:19Z")
Just keep it and play it out. ---
**Author:** ![qpwoei12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/qpwoei12/32/396_2.png) [@qpwoei12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/qpwoei12)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/12 "2014-06-17T18:20:14Z")
They do supposedly smoothen out later on and will quiet down to a degree, but you’ll never get the same quietness that a lubed bearing can have. Still, once they are smooth and broken in, they’re still pretty quiet and make a pleasing(imo) hissing sound. Your choice. ---
**Author:** ![m7limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@m7limey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m7limey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/13 "2014-06-17T18:31:47Z")
I also de-shielded it will that change any thing? I just did it for easy cleaning purposes. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/14 "2014-06-17T18:37:22Z")
> [@m7limey](#): > > I also de-shielded it will that change any thing? I just did it for easy cleaning purposes. Nah. I tend to keep the shields off bearings once they’ve been deshielded. Sometimes I put a shield back on one side just to help identify it if it’s a “special” bearing of some sort. (put a coloured permanent marker dot). I haven’t tended to do that lately, though… fallen into “it’s a bearing, it seems to work” patterns. ---
**Author:** ![m7limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@m7limey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m7limey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/15 "2014-06-17T18:59:38Z")
When I clean the terrapin, should I use compressed air in order to keep the dry play coating ---
**Author:** ![qpwoei12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/qpwoei12/32/396_2.png) [@qpwoei12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/qpwoei12)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/16 "2014-06-17T19:01:29Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![fjh123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fjh123/32/325_2.png) [@fjh123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fjh123)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/17 "2014-06-17T23:32:47Z")
> [@m7limey](#): > > Why is my terrapin x delta cut bearing so noisy out of box? Any problems with a Terrapin X bearing I will repair or replace it. PM me for details… Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/18 "2014-06-18T00:32:39Z")
I gotta say you have very good customer service. ---
**Author:** ![m7limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@m7limey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/m7limey)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terrapin-bearing/67097/19 "2014-07-03T16:05:49Z")
> [@fjh123](#): > > Any problems with a Terrapin X bearing I will repair or replace it. > PM me for details… Thanks It’s good now but thanks for the offer 🙂