# yoyo bearing

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-bearing/45994>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [December 2, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-bearing/45994 "2012-12-02T06:12:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![gotricefulsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ccd318/32.png) [@gotricefulsfan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gotricefulsfan)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-bearing/45994/1 "2012-12-02T06:12:21Z")

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hey, so i have a superstar and one day i started playing with it and it came up without me even binding, at first i thought it was dirty but wasn’t, then i washed it with water and nothing happened again, does anyone know what might’ve happened, i know i cleaned it good.

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**Author:** ![gotricefulsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ccd318/32.png) [@gotricefulsfan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gotricefulsfan)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-bearing/45994/2 "2012-12-02T06:13:45Z")

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oh and it wasn’t the string either

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**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:** [December 2, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-bearing/45994/3 "2012-12-02T06:16:53Z")

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Sorry, but washing with water does not clean it good.

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**Author:** ![gotricefulsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ccd318/32.png) [@gotricefulsfan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gotricefulsfan)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-bearing/45994/4 "2012-12-02T06:44:24Z")

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> [@jhb8426](#):
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> Sorry, but washing with water does not clean it good.

that must be why it makes a whir sound, but what should i do???

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-bearing/45994/5 "2012-12-02T06:51:39Z")

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> [@gotricefulsfan](#):
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> hey, so i have a superstar and one day i started playing with it and it came up without me even binding, at first i thought it was dirty but wasn’t, then i washed it with water and nothing happened again, does anyone know what might’ve happened, i know i cleaned it good.

Clean using mineral spirits, lighter fluid or acetone, then lightly lube(very VERY lightly).

Remove the shields before cleaning.

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**Author:** ![Jagmcool](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jagmcool/32/1203_2.png) [@Jagmcool](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jagmcool)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-bearing/45994/6 "2012-12-02T07:55:09Z")

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If cleaning bearings was as easy as running them under some water, I don’t think bearings would be as big of a problem as they are. Haha