Yikes, I hope it’s just the bearing in your case…
My Cypher is smoother than my benchmark with the stock bearing in it.
YYF’s seats are usually really friggin’ tight.
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You got a free thank you while I was trying to quote, lucky…
And I know they’re usually tight, but I’ve had a lot of tight yyf bearing seats, this is nothing like any I’ve ever tried. This is the absolute WORST bearing seat I’ve ever had on any yoyo, and I’ve had a lot of yoyos…
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Try using the flat part.
Its a flat bearing, I dont thing that would help…
Do the tips touch when you squeeze the bearing? You might not be getting enough grip.
If you own a removal tool you could try putting the half on a table and lean with all of your weight with one hand on the tool and one hand on the yoyo. You just rotate it to get the same effect as wiggling the tool. This is how I got the bearing off of my Lava.
If the tips are touching, bearings gone lol
I mean if the circle is too big for the bearing.
Have one back, now we’re even.
Uhh. Well I replied to you earlier in the thread, but did you try freezing it for like a half hour? The metal will shrink down (talking fractions of a millimeter here) and you might be able to pry or insert something into the center of the bearing and wiggle.
How about a penetrant like WD-40? I dunno how much good it’d do or if it would damage the anno. Stronger ones like PB Penetrant Spray or Liquid Wrench would probably strip the anno right off and maybe even damage the aluminum…
You really need to just pick up a YYF multi-tool. It’s only a few bucks, and it makes even the tightest of bearing seats painless. My guess is that the bearing seats that you think are tight actually aren’t all that tight, and the reason you think that they’re tight is due to using an inferior tool. Yeah, the pliers might work just fine in most cases, but it wasn’t designed to remove bearings from yoyos. The multi-tool was.
The pliers grab the outer ring of the bearing, but that’s not what gets stuck on bearing seats. So right away, your pliers are applying force to the wrong part of the bearing, and this is likely why you think that other bearing seats are tight when they’re really not all that tight. The multi-tool applies force to the inner ring of the bearing, which is what you actually want to move.
My Lava took me at least ten minutes with the table method. With only the tool it didn’t budge. So its possible that its just a tough seat.
I have like 4 tools. Trust me, the pliers work better, you just dont know it.
The bearing is actually just fine. I take back what I said about the bearing. It’s just a little loud. The problem is the bearing seat. It’s loose. The bearing practically falls right out of the bearing seat. Not good. I put in a ceramic konkave and had the same problem.
I don’t like using pliers its too easy to damage stuff.
I only really use them on bearings that are really hard to get out, or bearings I’m never gonna use again, and this is one I’m never gonna use again.
Well, best of luck to you then, I suppose. I do know that my multi-tool has worked where pliers haven’t, and I’ve broken a couple of bearings with pliers in the past before I got my tool.
Past couple months I’ve broken 4 tools trying to get stuck bearings out. I need a solid tool instead of half plastic.
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Hmmm. I use a Duncan Yotility holster tool. The carabiner broke a long time ago but the removal tool still works like a champ. Ever try one?
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No on my next order I’ll have to get one thanks
I got my box today. Wasn’t to excited about a popstar but the one I got is light blue/light green. Looks pretty sweet. On first throw of the cypher the bearing was really loud and made the yoyo vibe a bit. Popped the bearing out (seat was tight but with a multi tool no problem) tossed a ct in it and I am loving it. Feeling pretty happy about the deal.
This is what I look for first in a yo-yo, stability. If a yo-yo has that, I can kinda tolerate it when shape, weight or other things are not ideal. I would describe it much the same way. It’s definitely a fun throw.
I wonder if the grand prize winner will be someone who frequents the forum. It would be a shame if they threw away the code, or couldn’t decipher it, and tossed it. :-\