I can’t seem to get the bearings out of my ROCKstar or Super G no matter what I do. The ROCKstar has the stock bearing in it, and the Super G has a CenterTrac (which was in it when I bought it - I remember it used to not even stick in and would fall out when I unscrewed it, so this is very strange). I have two ROCKstars and the other one doesn’t have the same issue. I’ve tried pliers and they didn’t work, and I just bought a YYF multi-tool and it’s not making any progress (though it worked on my other YYF yoyos that I tried it on).
YYF bearings seats are notoriously tight. To the point of it being sorta rediculous. I’ve measured the bearing seat on my genesis with a precision tool and discovered that the seat had a very very slight taper to it. The top measured small than the bottom of the seat. I’m talking thousandths of an inch, (can’t been seen by the naked eye). The same holds true for the Catalyst i have. That’s why they are so friggen tight.
Keep working on it, it may take some time but it will come off.
Yes it does! I finally broke down and went to Fastenal and bought a six inch length of quarter inch aluminum rod. It was a little too big at first but i took it to my bench grinder with a fine grit wheel on it and sanded it down a bit. Now it is the PERFECT size.
