# yoyos responsive

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-responsive/61873>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [December 7, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-responsive/61873 "2013-12-07T22:25:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AGyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/agyoyo/32/1457_2.png) [@AGyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AGyoyo)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-responsive/61873/1 "2013-12-07T22:25:11Z")

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My pop star and surge are responsive how do you "tune"a yoyo to be less responsive ??? ??? ???

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**Author:** ![DrAwesome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drawesome/32/1139_2.png) [@DrAwesome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrAwesome)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-responsive/61873/2 "2013-12-07T22:36:42Z")

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Clean the bearings in acetone. There are plenty of tutorials on how.

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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 8, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-responsive/61873/3 "2013-12-08T00:13:36Z")

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The Surge and Popstar are unresponsive as shipped. Or should be.

Search YouTube or this forum for how to clean the bearings. I recommend acetone. Skip lubing or lube extremely sparingly.

Tuning is a different process.

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**Author:** ![Dreamer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dreamer/32/217610_2.png) [@Dreamer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dreamer)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-responsive/61873/4 "2013-12-08T00:33:21Z")

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> [@DrAwesome](#):
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> Clean the bearings in acetone. There are plenty of tutorials on how.

> [@Studio42](#):
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> Search YouTube or this forum for how to clean the bearings. I recommend acetone. Skip lubing or lube extremely sparingly.

Under the Modification and Maintenance sticky. Hey, wait a minute were in that section now! I’ll even give you the direct link to help you out [How to Clean Your YoYo Bearing - Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance - YoYoExpert](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,871.0.html)

The Modification and Maintenance sticky really does have a lot of great information, it’s worth giving a read (two,four,six times).