It depends how much lube were talking about here. Did you lube it? Did it come this way? If it has been “over” lubed then take it out (the bearing) and wipe it off with a paper towel and let it sit on said paper towel for a while… Then put it back in the yoyo and throw the living heck out of it… May take a good 15 mins of play but it will be fine…
well i got a code 2 and its 10 ball had a good few minutes of play it started making a noise so i cleaned it and it played great then it made the noise again so i put a drop of v4m lube and now it chases the axel.
Been doing a lot of breaking in lately… General-Yo AIGR comes lightly lubed. One Drop 10-ball comes lightly lubed… cleaned and lightly lubed another bearing myself, which needed breaking in.
Man I hate breaking stuff in. It’s dull work.
I’ve seen people mention Gyro Flops before. I don’t think I understand why Gyro Flops help. When I do flops, all that happens is the spin dies pretty quickly and I have to bind back or have the yoyo die. Isn’t it better to just huck the yoyos and let them spin?
(Warning: This may or may not be true, It makes sense to me, but I’m not an expert)
Gyro flops make the bearing rotate in the opposite direction they’re used to, so the inner race doesn’t want to move, because it’s spinning in one direction. Gyro flops forces it to change direction, but it doesn’t want to, so the inner race resists, rubbing the balls harder against the cage than normal, and getting any lube that might not normally be touched by the balls.
That might be complete bs. But it’s my best guess.
You’d be better off cleaning it in acetone. That’s what fjh123 suggests.and no, you shouldn’t need to lube it. That’s the point of the terrapin treatment, you’ll never need to lube that bearing again if you do it right.