Hello all,
I have had my first unresponsive yo yo for 24 hours now and am really enjoying it but it has a vibration when thrown.
I’m worried I lost a bushing or something when I put the string on. Does it look like there is a missing part? I can’t find a link to the internals but this is what I have (pic attached).
Thanks in advance
nothing is missing. just axle and bearing in there. only certain yoyos use spacers. make sure ur axle is screwed in all the way. snug but dont torque the halves together. when you throw it, grab the string close to the yoyo and lift it up. use your thumbnail to gently touch one of the halves while it’s spinning. this will smooth out any vibe from your throw. if it’s spinning smoothly at that point, the vibe is from your throw, not the yoyo. throw vibe is fine and will lessen as your skill level increases naturally. if the yoyo isnt glass smooth, that’s fine too. it has to be shaking like a crazy sob to actually affect your ability to play it.
if you try all that and it turns out the yoyo itself is vibing there are a few things you can do to tune it out to a degree, but if it’s your first unresponsive, I’d wager its throw vibe.
shout if none of that works and we can try to walk through tuning it. welcome to the community and hobby! happy throwing 
What yoyo is it? Im pretty sure you got all the parts there so almost certainly a technique issue and I wouldn’t worry about it. Have fun yo
Thanks a lot. It’s a yo-yo factory bullseye.
I’m pleased to hear it’s a technique issue 
I’ve tightened it slightly and it’s lessened and it stops with the fingernail trick so definitely sounds like it’s me!
Time to get back to working on my binds!
Be careful taking your yoyo apart often if you are trying to keep vibe down to a minimum. The metal wears down over time from opening and closing them. I found out the hard way with one of my first yoyos. Some manufacturers of yoyos seem to hold up better than others. If I had to guess the vibe may just be your throw at the moment but it’ll improve in time. Have fun!
Skill issue
git gud 
It took me a while to learn that no, in fact, I don’t have a collection of vibey yo-yos. I, in fact, still didn’t know how to throw just right. Still get vibey tosses every once in while, but I recently went back to throw something that I hadn’t for some time and I was just like “ oh… well wait a minute… this can actually be used for tricks” lol
I don’t think it’s talked about enough, your brain has a lot of learning to do to get consistent good smooth and powerful throws on your YoYo.
Also: the “only times” you should be disassembling your YoYo is to service the bearing, or replacing pads.
It’s tedious, but best practice for string changes is to fiddle with opening the loop, open it wide enough to slip over the YoYo, and then twist it back closed. Sometimes the string/ twist gets all wonky, you just need to untwist and shuffle it around a bit, you’ll get a feel for it.
The main reason for this, beside preserving bearing seats and axle threads, is to prevent the string or fibers of the string from getting pinched when you screw it back together.
Nothing quite like a YoYo rocketing back up when you’re expecting unresponsive behavior from it lol.
or just buy yoyos with side effects ftw! 
