# Yoyo doesn't spin. **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [June 18, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387 "2011-06-18T11:32:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mac)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/1 "2011-06-18T11:32:10Z")
Hey guys. Today I decided to clean my bearing for the first time… I did it exactly same as in this video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHb5a-kTzz8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHb5a-kTzz8) When I was drying it , it was spinning pretty good. Then I left it on my desk for few min and… it stopped spinning… I have to use strength to move it even a little bit. I was checking if theres something inside the bearing but I didn’t notice anything strange. What can be the reason of non spinning bearing and how can I fix it? ---
**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/2 "2011-06-18T16:07:03Z")
So you literally did nothing at all, other then put it down on your desk after it was spinning fine, you didn’t pull it off something, or put the shields back on or something like that? If that is the case I would have to guess you have had a mechanical failure in the bearing. look at the balls, and the cage around them and see if any of it is out of alignment. good luck. ---
**Author:** ![YOYOJAMizm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyojamizm/32/774_2.png) [@YOYOJAMizm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YOYOJAMizm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/3 "2011-06-18T16:40:27Z")
make sure the balls arent sticking up slanted on one side that happened to me once… ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/4 "2011-06-18T17:04:52Z")
What did you clean it with? I think it left gunk in the bearing… Also, you need WD-40: [http://www.motifake.com/duct-tape-and-wd40-duct-tape-wd40-fix-broke-demotivational-posters-136521.html ](http://www.motifake.com/duct-tape-and-wd40-duct-tape-wd40-fix-broke-demotivational-posters-136521.html)Really though, don’t use WD 40 unless it’s the only option left. ---
**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/5 "2011-06-18T17:08:14Z")
How much gunk would have to be in there to have to force it around? read the post man. ---
**Author:** ![ItzChris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/itzchris/32/540_2.png) [@ItzChris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ItzChris)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/6 "2011-06-18T17:54:44Z")
Once dust gets in you’re bearing it wont spin. Maybe thats you’re problem. Try cleaning it again! :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/7 "2011-06-18T23:00:39Z")
> [@Schnayke](#): > > How much gunk would have to be in there to have to force it around? read the post man. I’m not sure. It was a speculation. Anyways, if he used some kind of cleaner that dried and left a sticky residue… it can be “gluing” his bearing together. ---
**Author:** ![Mac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mac)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/8 "2011-06-19T10:14:37Z")
I used mineral spirit… Are those balls inside bearing supposed to move? I rly don’t see anything wrong there. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/9 "2011-06-19T16:19:14Z")
How hard was it to remove your bearing from your yoyo? Sometimes if the bearing is a bit stuck people tend to grip the bearing with pliers a bit too hard. This causes a deformity of the outer race and a bad bearing. Does it feel like when it does turn ti does it in little sections then gets stuck again? ---
**Author:** ![Mac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mac)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/10 "2011-06-19T18:14:32Z")
Nope, it comes out easly. I was trying to throw yoyo a bit… After a hour of throwing it spins a bit better. Maybe it will get well if I keep throwing? ---
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-doesnt-spin/27387/11 "2011-06-19T18:54:48Z")
Lube it?