# When to replace silicone response pads? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-to-replace-silicone-response-pads/65980 "2014-05-06T02:41:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Operaman20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ccd318/32.png) [@Operaman20](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Operaman20)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-to-replace-silicone-response-pads/65980/1 "2014-05-06T02:41:55Z")
How do you know it’s time to replace your pads? I’m throwing a shutter and am noticing that it’s getting a little lazy when returning after a bind. ---
**Author:** ![Pajamas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pajamas/32/1486_2.png) [@Pajamas](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pajamas)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-to-replace-silicone-response-pads/65980/2 "2014-05-06T03:13:56Z")
When you start to get consistently slipping binds. Note the importance of ‘consistently’ in that sentence please :wink: Some people will do it when they start to break down and start angling in and down towards the bearing, but I don’t take my yoyos apart enough to notice that, just the binds for me. Also if I know this particular yoyo can do a quadruple-on trapeze without any issues, but starts to get sketchy at 5, but now all of a sudden can do 6 no problem, it’s time (just kinda random numbers, but you get the point) ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-to-replace-silicone-response-pads/65980/3 "2014-05-06T14:46:41Z")
Yea I always change mine when they start slanting down towards the bearing. ---
**Author:** ![FiveIronBrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fiveironbrian/32/451_2.png) [@FiveIronBrian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FiveIronBrian)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-to-replace-silicone-response-pads/65980/4 "2014-05-06T16:26:18Z")
Also, when you feel more of a thunk on the throw or when spin times are noticeably lower (spin times are hard to gauge though). You need those pads to give power to the throw! Replace string first of course. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-to-replace-silicone-response-pads/65980/5 "2014-05-06T19:16:24Z")
Yes, dead string cause a lot of the thunk on a throw. ---
**Author:** ![Jgarcia05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jgarcia05](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jgarcia05)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-to-replace-silicone-response-pads/65980/6 "2014-05-10T01:09:35Z")
> [@FiveIronBrian](#): > > Also, when you feel more of a thunk on the throw or when spin times are noticeably lower (spin times are hard to gauge though). You need those pads to give power to the throw! > > Replace string first of course. agreed. always try a new string first. if after that its still real slippy on binds, then its probably time to change the pads. pads can normally last quite awhile so once you put the new ones, you should be good to go. :wink: ---
**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:** [February 25, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-to-replace-silicone-response-pads/65980/7 "2019-02-25T09:27:27Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#): > > when they start slanting down towards the bearing. Aha that is exactly what happened on that CLYW Canvas! Hard to take a pic of the phenomenon but I tried ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/6/5/265b5f2560e5a96afe048021a8c702f6a46f1de1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-to-replace-silicone-response-pads/65980/8 "2019-03-22T15:15:18Z")
I gotta say, it’s quite remarkable to see someone quote a post that I made almost 5 years ago. Dang my grammar though, …what was my problem?