# Unresponsive to responsive **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [January 6, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080 "2019-01-06T21:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tpoluck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tpoluck/32/42936_2.png) [@Tpoluck](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tpoluck)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/1 "2019-01-06T21:48:05Z")
Is there any way to make and unresponsive bearing play responsive ? I used some thick lube and it plays good but was just wandering if it could truly play responsive ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/2 "2019-01-06T21:49:20Z")
Try removing the shields and applying grease. ---
**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 6, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/3 "2019-01-06T21:57:05Z")
Yes grease up the bearing, and it will work. The gap will still be too wide for “proper” responsive behavior most of the time though. What I do is put in a slim c bearing, assuming the axle well isn’t too wide and the yo-yo will screw all the way shut with the slim bearing in place. ---
**Author:** ![Tpoluck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tpoluck/32/42936_2.png) [@Tpoluck](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tpoluck)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/4 "2019-01-06T22:07:35Z")
Ok thanks … any special kind of grease? ---
**Author:** ![Z\_Car](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/z_car/32/72879_2.png) [@Z\_Car](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Z_Car)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/5 "2019-01-06T22:10:44Z")
I have never come across a gap too wide for unresponsive. Do you mean proper responsive? ---
**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 6, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/6 "2019-01-06T22:12:01Z")
Oooops yes I did good catch I have edited my post. ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/7 "2019-01-06T22:18:55Z")
Bike grease is good, any grease will do. Maybe stay away from kitchen grease, though it would probably work. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/8 "2019-01-06T22:54:56Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > …The gap will still be too wide for “proper” responsive behavior most of the time though…What I do is put in a slim c bearing… Umm, a std “C” bearing was supplied for years in RESPONSIVE yoyos, long before unresponsive became the norm. A bit of thick lube, 3-in-1 or yomega brain lube works fine for responsive. Also double loop the string on the axle. ---
**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 6, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/9 "2019-01-06T23:06:46Z")
🤷‍♂️ a super wide gap just doesn’t play right to me as a responsive, you could wrap the string 12 times and pack the bearing in industrial fry grease… still wouldn’t matter. Gap is too dang wide, binds aren’t properly tight like a good responsive with narrow gap. I recommend keeping some slim C bearings on hand to swap in and out, and experiment with. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/c/9/3c96520d6c3cb9104971936d4bb371d5350d6f4e.jpeg) You _could_ put in a mega fat string like Ammo or Kitty XL but… there’s no substitute for a proper narrow gap to get that responsive feel with super tight binds, IMO. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/10 "2019-01-07T00:47:12Z")
I’m speechless… 🙊🙉🙈 ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/11 "2019-01-07T06:29:41Z")
Fun fact, people used to use chapstick as lube to make yoyos responsive. Open the shield, and put a chunk of the chapstick in. ---
**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 7, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/12 "2019-01-07T07:00:37Z")
Ingredient wise, Chapstick is basically vaseline. Petroleum jelly. ---
**Author:** ![MrBist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mrbist/32/48884_2.png) [@MrBist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrBist)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/13 "2019-01-07T15:44:20Z")
I normally take a plastic cap from a bottle and put some oil (any type is good, from engine oil to corn oil) and then dip the bearing. 60 seconds and dry the paper. Thus it becomes response. ---
**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/unresponsive-to-responsive/297080/14 "2019-01-07T17:37:11Z")
I wish there was a 3/4spec bearing.