# Why won't my bearings break in?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [May 21, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899 "2013-05-21T07:38:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@yoyam420](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyam420)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899/1 "2013-05-21T07:38:12Z")
Every time I lube a bearing (YYF Performance thin oil) it won’t break in. It continuously stays responsive, even after days of play. It’s quite annoying.
Should I possibly clean them??
Edit: It doesn’t matter what type of bearing it is. I have tried One Drop 10-ball, a Buddha Ripple, and a KonKave and they all ended up responsive with seemingly no hope of becoming unresponsive.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899/2 "2013-05-21T07:40:20Z")
> [@yoyam420](#):
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> Every time I lube a bearing (YYF Performance thin oil) it won’t break in. It continuously stays responsive, even after days of play. It’s quite annoying.
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> Should I possibly clean them??
I would say yes.
First, how often are you lubing your bearing? A drop a month on a shielded bearing is more than enough.A half of a drop works fine. Maybe not even that often.
So I think you’re lubing too often and too much. Clean out your bearing properly, and if you are going to lube, use the needle/pin dip method and you’re good.
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### Author:  [@yoyo\_bt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_bt)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899/3 "2013-05-21T07:50:17Z")
kill the lube, clean the bearings. play dry and completely unresponsive. the bearings are somewhat resilient and can take plenty of dry play. clean clean clean
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### Author:  [@yoyam420](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyam420)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899/4 "2013-05-21T07:54:59Z")
> [@](#):
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> I would say yes.
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> First, how often are you lubing your bearing? A drop a month on a shielded bearing is more than enough.A half of a drop works fine. Maybe not even that often.
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> So I think you’re lubing too often and too much. Clean out your bearing properly, and if you are going to lube, use the needle/pin dip method and you’re good.
Well, the OneDrop for example hasn’t been played in 3 or 4 years. I only recently picked this up again after a few years hiatus. The konkave hadn’t been played in that same amount of time either.
The Buddha however was a new bearing that played fine dry, then became responsive so I put a drop of lube, and it’s been a week and it still hasn’t broken in.
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### Author:  [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899/5 "2013-05-21T10:36:06Z")
Did you clean it after it was responsive?
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### Author:  [@Big\_Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_Yoyo)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899/6 "2013-05-21T11:48:25Z")
If it became responsive why would you put lube in it?
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899/7 "2013-05-21T14:51:20Z")
> [@yoyo\_bt](#):
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> kill the lube, clean the bearings. play dry and completely unresponsive. the bearings are somewhat resilient and can take plenty of dry play. clean clean clean
A perfectly valid option! I like a bit of lube myself, but it’s not a requirement.
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### Author:  [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899/8 "2013-05-21T16:14:25Z")
> [@yoyam420](#):
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> > [@](#):
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> > I would say yes.
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> > First, how often are you lubing your bearing? A drop a month on a shielded bearing is more than enough.A half of a drop works fine. Maybe not even that often.
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> > So I think you’re lubing too often and too much. Clean out your bearing properly, and if you are going to lube, use the needle/pin dip method and you’re good.
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> Well, the OneDrop for example hasn’t been played in 3 or 4 years. I only recently picked this up again after a few years hiatus. The konkave hadn’t been played in that same amount of time either.
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> The Buddha however was a new bearing that played fine dry, then became responsive so I put a drop of lube, and it’s been a week and it still hasn’t broken in.
When it comes responsive as you mentioned with the Buddha bearing, you just keep playing it and it will become unresponsive again.
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### Author:  [@fjh123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fjh123)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-wont-my-bearings-break-in/53899/9 "2013-05-22T01:15:12Z")
Non ABEC bearings vary quite a bit, some are good some are not…