What tricks have you discovered for making a Deep State as responsive as possible?

General Yo-Yo
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I love me some Deep State, but I do find myself wishing it was snappy.

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Packing the bearing with Vaseline or whatever heavy grease you can find

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Remove the c-clips and shields, pack with silicone grease, reinstall the shields and clips. Been consistent and haven’t had to relube in a over a year. I also use Slick-6 Strings for added response grip.

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Will any ol’ silicon freeze do the trick? I think I have some RC car transmission silicon grease laying around somewhere.

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There are players who use the RC grease. @DocPop uses the Traxxas tubes.

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Nice. Pretty sure I have a little tube of Traxxas 1647 somewhere.

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Replacing the shields and clips seems like a fools errand to me. I’m impressed that you did it, and it makes so much sense that would achieve snappiness.

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On this topic, wondering if anyone’s taken a concave C bearing, put some adhesive in it, and used that in a deep state. Turning it into a Frankenstein fixie.

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I just opened mine up to check out the clips and my immediate thought was how the hell am I going to pop those out and not lose them.

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It just keeps all the grease in the race instead of flushing out into the bearing seat and having to regrease more often. I also come from a bike maintenance background, where shields are imperative to hold in grease, but keep the grime out. C-Clips actually are easier to put in than remove.

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What’s your tip for removing them?

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Push Pin, Tac or small safety pin. If you are planning on putting it back, you can get away with only doing one side.

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Ammo string, and really thick grease. Like everyday. I really don’t like the deepstate. It take too much maintenance. I love the shape and feel though. Just wish they used an a bearing. I hear that a spacer and a halfspec works really great, but it makes me wonder why they didn’t ship them like that instead.

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I very much enjoy the Deep state, and the setup that I settled on and enjoy the most is the silicone bearing setup.
I do not reshield the bearing after I remove them.
I also just use the bulk string nothing fancy.
I have not messed around with a slim bearing or blank.

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I like this idea I have some spacers I might mess around with that there’s been some fun suggestions in the chat here

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Can someone take a snapshot of these spacers? I guess I am not aware of what they look like or who they’re from. Thanks.

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Thin Shims

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I used the Dif-E-Yo .010 Shims. One on each Bearing Post with a Luftverk Bearing Blank when I set the Deeper State up for Fixed last Month.

Mr. Adamantiumpops above this post! Runs shims and bearing blank in a deep state. Fixed Axle February-WEEK 1 - #75 by adamantiumpops

I assume it would also work with shims and a Half Spec Bearing. But the Greased standard bearing has worked well for me.

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Thanks! I’ll nab a set.

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Okay I might be mistaken here but with the side effects even with adding the shim I couldn’t get them to tighten.
I’ll try again later
Also the shims I’m using are yo-yo jam and I can’t remember the thickness but it was the red one haha
Anyhow I do find the play of this yoyo really does shine with the silicone
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