# YYJ speed bearing is messed up **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speed-bearing-is-messed-up/14592 "2010-05-19T16:28:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![weinbe58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@weinbe58](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/weinbe58)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speed-bearing-is-messed-up/14592/1 "2010-05-19T16:28:29Z")
Hey, so I was playing with my atmosphere the other day and it was playing fine, unresponsive you know awesome. I got a knot so I took it apart and unknotted it and then put it back together. on the throw after that, my yoyo just starts making a terrible noise, like really loud rattling sound. It made a sound similar to that before but not nearly as loud. then when I took it apart and spun the bearing it was really messed up didn’t spin freely at all and I felt grinding going on with the beads. I cleaned it a weeks or so ago and lubed it using the instructions on the forum here, so what happened? btw I tried cleaning it, that didn’t help ---
**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speed-bearing-is-messed-up/14592/2 "2010-05-19T16:37:52Z")
It sounds like you got something in the bearing, possibly a piece of lint from the string. Clean the bearing, soaking it for longer than you have previously done, then put the bearing on the end of a pencil and blow it out with compressed air or a computer air duster. I like to blow it at an angle so it makes the bearing spin and push anything out of it. ---
**Author:** ![weinbe58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@weinbe58](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/weinbe58)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speed-bearing-is-messed-up/14592/3 "2010-05-19T16:43:34Z")
Ok i’ll try that, thankfully I have a spare bearing so i can still play ---
**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speed-bearing-is-messed-up/14592/4 "2010-05-19T17:09:51Z")
> [@weinbe58](#): > > Ok i’ll try that, thankfully I have a spare bearing so i can still play Or if you just got it, the bearings probably breaking in. I would just continue to play with it. ---
**Author:** ![quinton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/quinton/32/376_2.png) [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speed-bearing-is-messed-up/14592/5 "2010-05-19T18:37:23Z")
My berings don’t usually slow down to much when they break in ---
**Author:** ![yoyojamben](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyojamben/32/289780_2.png) [@yoyojamben](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyojamben)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speed-bearing-is-messed-up/14592/6 "2010-05-19T20:59:31Z")
> [@Q](#): > > My berings don’t usually slow down to much when they break in True… lawlz. ---
**Author:** ![weinbe58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@weinbe58](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/weinbe58)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speed-bearing-is-messed-up/14592/7 "2010-05-21T20:30:37Z")
No I wasn’t breaking it in, it was fine and then it stopped being fine lol ---
**Author:** ![weinbe58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@weinbe58](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/weinbe58)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yyj-speed-bearing-is-messed-up/14592/8 "2010-05-21T20:37:24Z")
I don’t know how or why, but its working fine now haha, I didn’t do anything to it, maybe it wasn’t dry enough after i cleaned it and leaving it out for a day let it dry idk.