# “YoYoFactory Death Grip” - stuck bearings in YYF yoyos

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyofactory-death-grip-stuck-bearings-in-yyf-yoyos/51142>\
**Category:** Manufacturer Official News\
**Created:** [March 22, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyofactory-death-grip-stuck-bearings-in-yyf-yoyos/51142 "2013-03-22T14:08:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyofactory-death-grip-stuck-bearings-in-yyf-yoyos/51142/21 "2013-03-23T22:15:20Z")

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A quick Google search brought these results:

> **[Stuck Bearing RockStar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?topic=30144.0)**
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> Hey guys, i just want to know if some of you have tried to swap a center trac bearing with the spec bearing in the 2012 rockstar. Because I’ve tried this and my center trac almost got completely stuck in the bearing seat, but I managed to take it off...

> **[Bad Customer Service from YoYoFactory](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,40785.0)**
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> Has anyone else had a terrible experience with the yoyofactory customer service? Ive bought 2 yoyofactory yoyo’s so far and both have had overly tight bearing seats that have caused me to destroy the bearing to get it off. The first time i contacted...

[http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php?topic=90152.0](http://www.yoyonation.com/talk/index.php?topic=90152.0)

[http://www.yoyonation.net/talk/index.php/topic,74891.msg819986.html#msg819986](http://www.yoyonation.net/talk/index.php/topic,74891.msg819986.html#msg819986)

[http://www.yoyotoronto.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=171.0](http://www.yoyotoronto.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=171.0)

Even Ben has admitted that this is a known issue. This is not one person’s vendetta against the company, this is a well known, and known to be level headed, community member bring it to the attention of the community at large.

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