# Umbra axle loud squeaking when screwed shut?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [March 21, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/umbra-axle-loud-squeaking-when-screwed-shut/317095 "2020-03-21T23:12:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryanmcg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryanmcg/32/72186_2.png) [@ryanmcg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ryanmcg)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/umbra-axle-loud-squeaking-when-screwed-shut/317095/21 "2020-03-25T19:55:26Z")

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Did you try flipping the axle so the side with the Allen wrench hole is facing the other direction?

I have an Overdrive Draupnir, and flipping the axle is the difference between significant vibe and glass smooth. It can be tuned with it the “wrong” way, but the other way I don’t have to worry about it at all.

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**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/umbra-axle-loud-squeaking-when-screwed-shut/317095/22 "2020-03-25T20:36:46Z")

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Thanks. I will try that today and let you know. The Mojo is a great plastic with a nice heft and width. I’ll you know…

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**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/umbra-axle-loud-squeaking-when-screwed-shut/317095/23 "2020-03-25T21:52:32Z")

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I switched the axle around, flipped the bearing, pushed down lightly on the bearing seats and put on a new string and 75% of the vibe is gone. Thing is, I don’t remember if it ever had a little vibe out of the box. I do not remember my original assessment of it. I once had a weird vibe on my Duncan Windrunner and then it magically disappeared after not throwing it for a week. Does anyone have a Mojo and if so do you remember if it had a little vibe when you got it?

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