# . **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [September 20, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004 "2012-09-20T02:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoeThiesen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JoeThiesen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JoeThiesen)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/1 "2012-09-20T02:32:49Z")
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**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:** [September 20, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/2 "2012-09-20T02:36:06Z")
Not claiming to be an expert on bearings in particular, but almost anything that can be manufactured is done so with certain “tolerances” for failure. So for bearings it might be something like (completely made-up number; I have no real idea) 1 in 5000. Sounds like even if it was given a cursory test (spinning it or whatnot) it would have passed at first. Maybe you just got that “1 in 5000”. ---
**Author:** ![Oloap\_Ominoreg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oloap_ominoreg/32/1117_2.png) [@Oloap\_Ominoreg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Oloap_Ominoreg)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/3 "2012-09-20T02:36:26Z")
I would clean the bearing. ---
**Author:** ![j\_lowell9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/j_lowell9/32/358_2.png) [@j\_lowell9](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/j_lowell9)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/4 "2012-09-20T03:34:30Z")
contact yye and they will give you a new one free of charge ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/5 "2012-09-20T03:43:20Z")
Deshield the bearing and give it a good clean. If not, GregP might be right and you might be that unlucky person who gets the incredibly rare dodgy bearing that sneaks past QC in which case you should contact the seller and/or One Drop. They’ll sort it out for you. Yuki ---
**Author:** ![Coffelt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/coffelt/32/1085_2.png) [@Coffelt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Coffelt)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/6 "2012-09-20T04:11:22Z")
I had a 10 ball that was magnetized acted the same way. ---
**Author:** ![JamesMay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jamesmay/32/1201_2.png) [@JamesMay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JamesMay)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/7 "2012-09-20T10:19:16Z")
The 10ball that came with my code 2 behaved the exact same way. I also thought that is was just “breaking in”. I popped a center-trac in my code 2 and just forgot about it. I recently got a YYJ classic and wanted to put the 10ball in that. I de-shielded it, cleaned it thoroughly, used the safety pin method to apply a minuscule amount of YYJ thin lube, and re-shielded it. After some test spins and a few long sleepers it plays dead smooth and quiet as a church mouse. Not to mention it spins for days. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/8 "2012-09-20T17:07:53Z")
> [@Oloap\_Ominoreg](#): > > I would clean the bearing. I completely second this advice. Sometimes a properly cleaned bearing can bring it back from “the dead”. Clean it, dry it then use a very sparing amount of lube(needled/pin dipped in lube, touched to a couple of balls in the bearing) and see how that goes for you. Then again, you might have gotten a bad bearing. Give it a good cleaning first. ---
**Author:** ![Mikers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/9 "2012-09-20T17:09:37Z")
Don’t even clean it. Put a few drops of lube in there and play. ---
**Author:** ![JoeThiesen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JoeThiesen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JoeThiesen)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/10 "2012-09-20T20:42:26Z")
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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:** [September 21, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/11 "2012-09-21T01:20:36Z")
> [@JoeThiesen](#): > > I contacted Andre, we’ll see what happens. In the meantime you might try cleaning it as noted above. Can’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![JamesMay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jamesmay/32/1201_2.png) [@JamesMay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JamesMay)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/12 "2012-09-21T01:30:12Z")
Trust me on this one. Clean it and use a tiny tiny bit of thin lube using a pin or needle to apply it directly to each ball bearing. Worked for me. ---
**Author:** ![JoeThiesen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JoeThiesen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JoeThiesen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/13 "2012-09-21T02:37:34Z")
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**Author:** ![YoCorey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/0ea827/32.png) [@YoCorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCorey)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/topic/43004/14 "2012-09-21T04:14:39Z")
It happens to me too on my code 2 i just lube it and its good as new