For the TAW-TAW, Put a bit of plumbers tape on the axle threads, it should help prevent it from coming apart. Also make sure there is no Teflon tape over the end where it touches the cap, otherwise it will prevent the cap from forming a tension on the axle. - make sure the caps are snugly tightened down in the axle. That should help prevent it from coming apart.
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You’re a WIZARD @Ardeus 
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So my dad said he was a yoyo player while he was a kid, he said he played with a duncan bumble bee, while at us nats I got him a cenote and said he wanted it responsive, would this work for making a bearing responsive? I know there are other options but was wondering if this could work at all
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It’ll probably work, depending on how thick it is it might wear out after a bit.
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Given that it’s unresponsive, you would likely fair better with grease or switching to a narrow bearing.
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agree with Andy and Steve. i tried 3 in 1 at one point and i didn’t find it to be thick enough to deliver snappy response for any real amount of time. grease is the word
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Alight thanks!
A big thing that held me up as a beginner is that the direction the yoyo (i believe ive seen this called the polaroty) is spinning influences the side of the string you’re going to stall on. Its why going from a trapeze stall to a trapeze stall generally has an element in between (dumptrucks rotate the yoyo on the perpendicular axis, making the zines adds an additional regen with the planet hop)
Get comfortable going from trapeze stall to brother stall, as well as with the two tricks i mentioned earlier, and it will open a lot of play.
Zipper stalls are also great and flashy!
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Thank you! My next question is, for overall maintenance and feel of the response. How do I know when to grease the bearing? What does a snappy response feel?
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when it doesn’t feel right to you. response, like most things yoyo is totally personal preference from so snappy it almost doesn’t sleep at all to it almost needs a bind. personally i like it snappy enough that i always get a good pop back to my hand but with enough forgiveness that if i play cleanly i can land some basic 1a tricks
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My goal on response is when I want it to come back, it does.
If I ask it to return and it hesitates, I am adding lube.
My Process is to start with thin lube. If that doesnt work… Thick Lube… Still not what I want… Grease.
It is easier to add response than take it away.
My preference is the yoyo being able to sleep and with a slight tug it returns. Snappy is when you call the yoyo back it does so instantly without hesitation.
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