# Yoyo response system acting up?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-response-system-acting-up/417059>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [January 13, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-response-system-acting-up/417059 "2025-01-13T04:18:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![CrazyGentrySteinFan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crazygentrysteinfan/32/306420_2.png) [@CrazyGentrySteinFan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CrazyGentrySteinFan)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-response-system-acting-up/417059/1 "2025-01-13T04:18:47Z")

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Hey guys. My bind are always slipping on my Shutter yoyo. I have changed the pads, cleaned the bearing, and have used fresh string. This is not a problem that has appeared after using it for a while, I got my Shutter very recently, and it has been happening ever since. There is no problem with the grooves the response pads sit in, and the bearing and string are perfectly fine. Does anyone know how to change this?

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**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-response-system-acting-up/417059/2 "2025-01-13T04:37:41Z")

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Have you tried different string types or thicknesses?

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**Author:** ![CrazyGentrySteinFan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crazygentrysteinfan/32/306420_2.png) [@CrazyGentrySteinFan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CrazyGentrySteinFan)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-response-system-acting-up/417059/3 "2025-01-13T04:40:58Z")

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Not yet

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**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-response-system-acting-up/417059/4 "2025-01-13T05:18:51Z")

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string is a good suggestion. you also could try softer pads or flowable silicone

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**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-response-system-acting-up/417059/5 "2025-01-13T21:02:53Z")

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How do the pads sit in yoyo? If you’re looking perpendicular (90°) at one of the halves, are the pads flush with the yoyo, slightly recessed, or more than slightly recessed? I’ve only had stock pads be a problem on one yoyo. In that case, even the thickest string I had wasn’t consistent enough, so I had to use red RTV - _which is slightly stickier than flowable_ - and made it sit flush in the groove. Now it’s one of my favorite monometals.

As other have suggested, thicker string is the easiest thing to try (assuming you don’t mind playing with fatter string).