How to clean your bearings for better fidget spinners
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A quick video showing how to clean out the bearings to make your fidget spinner the best it can be.
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pro tip, dont cut toward your fingers and you wont cut yourself. Was taught this as a small child, has served me well.
It's a good tip, although I cut myself actually doing something non-related before the video with a different knife so my luck's still holding...for now lol
Samuel Porter same here
ROBNOB9X fuel???
Samuel Porter no shit Sherlock I have a bunch of knifes pro tip: don't say pro tip bc ur or only not a pro
Eclihpse AK This is the most hilarious thing I've heard. Thanks for the laughs. A small child is telling me not to state the obvious because he has some knifes under his mattress which now qualifies him to regulate strangers. Fully grown and highly trained people.
when the acetone is in your parents room but their asleep
NQSL Jay R.I.P
The one I bought had a 1.5 min spin time. I cleaned it and now its only 45 secs.
Hi is a lie.
What's that?
If you're getting that spin time already then defo no need to clean them out. This is more for if your bearings are only getting several secs spin.
Brad Harper mine was 1 minute now it's 1.276 seconds
Mine was 6 minutes now its 7 minutes cause I rodent clean it lol DONT CLEAN YOUR BEARINGS the grease keeps the bearing from rusting.
Should use that grease remover on McDonald's
Lmfao.
Haha genuinely interested in trying this!
they do...
Lamelo Ball i
Lamelo Ball lmao
or you could just get better quality bearings to make it spin better
Depends how much money you want to spend though.
well High Quality bearings normally cost 5-10$ for a package with 4 bearings
TitanBeats no most packets of bearings come in packs of 8 for skateboarding
use ceramic bearings . they provide better movement and smoothness
i use skf bearings on my spinners and they are probably one of the best bearings you can get, that are non ceramic. when a bearing is new, they always spin for a not so long time. its totally normal.
I boughht a fidget spinner from 7 11 ( the gas station lol) and it was broke when i bought it, and only spins about 5 secs. But after watching this video, im not going to need to return it :)
Nice :-)
anonymous user did you fix it?
Aidan Sullivan for me it would spin for 16 secs but I just kept spinning and now it spins for 2 mins
Aidan Sullivan wow, I bought one from 7/11 too and I joke you not it spun for 4:22. Idk but after 2 days it started making weird metal grinding noises and Idk how to fix it
dude same
Hello, when i removed the cap, I removed the iron protector that makes the spheres together, is that a problem? One of them fell apart...
Thank you!!
Vinicius, those balls inside the bearings are important that's what helps the bearing spin. It's fine if only one came out but try to be careful with the bearing!
I mean the frame that hold them together felt, I think I just lost all my bearings because of this, they are all loose inside the bearing frame. I just got 16 bearings from a Rollerblade that were on my attic since 2010 :(
BeastPlayz PvP those balls are the bearings!
You broke the bearing, nothing you can do about that
John Johnson, yes there is.
I just noticed these are the same exact bearings that I got from my skateboard
I prefer not to use wd40. Each of the bearing's ball surface somewhat very smooth like coated. I tested using dry silicon grease (also tested wd40 as well) and compare it to without lubricant (i just clean the bearing using thinner A Special liquid and dry it with hairdryer). The result is without lubricant is smoother and longer spin time (but a little more noisy)
the noisier your spinner the longer its spin
Wd40 has water in it it’s water based it will rust your bearings over time don’t ask why I’m watching this after fidget spinners are out of style it’s for my scooter wheels
You fucked up with the water part, it rusts the bearings. If you are going to rinse it in water you should use a blow dryer to dry them off.
i buy a new spinner and its spin 2.5 min , and then i give a wd-40 on my new spinner , and its just spin for 30 second. Are you have any solutions , to get back my spinner into 2.5 min spin?
Audyna rs it's to thick of a lubricant, put the bearing in 100% acetone for around 8 minutes and it'll take off the wd40 then let the bearing dry
Are abec 7s good
The ABEC scale I believe is from 1-9 with the number being related to the quality of manufacturing, the higher the number the better made basically. This means 7 is a better quality bearing than an ABEC 4 bearing for example. This doesn't necessarily mean it's faster though.
Thx (even though I didn't post the comment it still helped)
Echo DRTM really abec means nothing on bearings except where they were made and the only difference between steel and ceramic is the durability
Echo DRTM i bought an abec 9 hybrid ceramic onr
No
so, i got a fidget spinner like yours but the little blue things you have on your bearings are black on mine, the cap of the bearing, as example: the blue thing that covers the beads, keeps falling off and it really annoys me, is there a way to fix this.
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What Abec bearings did you use for this video.
I found some abec-5 bearings in my attic and decided to make a fidget spinner. I did all these steps and it seems to only spin for around 20 secs.
My fidget spinner is crackling I don't know how to fix it
Thanks a lot my spinners broken
Fizzle Sticks How do you fix it
this grease are there for some reason do you know ?? :).... (the name is oxidation).
Can you use alcohol instead of that chemical?
I don't think it'll work but give it a go and see.
DEA 2142005 no
DEA 2142005 Alcohol is a chemical.
Jerry Seinfeld that will screw ur bearing up
lol
The reason those bearing covers dont come off easily is becouse those are not meant to be taken off (if i see correctly).
Good bearings have covers that dont take much effort to remove.
VIP-Design True ahaha
Fair enough, these were just really cheap ones so I could mess around with them. Spent the rest of my money on printer filament lol
can i use 70% alcohol for cleaning that bearing cause its little bit hard to find rubber cleaner in my country
God this is the cancer of the earth I just wanted to clean my board bearings
dude you got the fake spinner!!!
PRANKWARS what do you mean fake?
Am i the only one here for my skateboard?
I have a brand new $30 spinner that only spun for 30 seconds. I checked the bearing and sure enough, it was rusted so I soaked it in white vinegar for an hour and all the rust came off. I then soaked the bearing in isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) to clean the bearing and then dried it with a hair dryer and now it spins for 2-3 minutes.
does it really work? i accidentally put powder onto my spinner's bearings and now its fucked up
Yes, it works. Vinegar is acidic and will loosen the rust and dirt in your bearing. Rubbing alcohol will then clean the bearing so that it's smooth and free of residue. When soaking, use a toothpick and spin the bearing several times while in the vinegar to free up the rust or dirt. Repeat this toothpick method when you soak it in alcohol as well. After soaking your bearing in vinegar and then rubbing alcohol, thoroughly dry the bearing with a hair dryer. If you want your spinner to spin fast and long, the bearing needs to be clean (people make the mistake of putting oil into the bearing because they think it will make the bearing more smooth. This is incorrect. Oil attracts dirt and dust and will get thicker in the bearing which will slow it down. If your spinner is noisy when it spins, you can add a very small pinhead drop of machine oil to make it less noisy but adding too much oil will slow down the spinning.) I would recommend pure white vinegar and rubbing alcohol because they're not harsh and do not contain additives or particulates that may gunk up the bearing. If you use strong industrial solvents, it may also corrode the bearing.
I tried it but now the duration of the spin is 30 sec i guess im doing it wrong -_-
I just brushed the bearing's rust is that fine?
i dont have a hair dryer is that fine
You can use lemons, they work well, and also acetone works. As well as olive oil, there's a lot of things that work.
The Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar why would you use lemons
You have a great youtuber voice
Pro tip; wear safety glasses before trying to pry a grit cover off a bearing with a craft knife.
i've broke my box cutter knife 3 time
I have a spinner from Walmart and it spins for 3mins and 35secs
Seth Needs what brand is it?
Anyone else going crazy listening to this kid
I did with turpentine it spinned like 6x more but after half hour it didn't spin long anymore
just get ceremic berrings
More expensive I think.
ROBNOB9X hiiiiiiiiiiii
I suggest using any type of oil, for me vagtable oil works the best or baby oil any kind would work my spines used to be really loud but I let them sit for 1 or 2 hours before I left for school they may smell like oil but I don't mind
10/10 IGN would grease again
Hey guys i found if you take the two caps off of the spinner and place the spinner into a glass( dont let the fidget be smaller than the glass) fill the glass up just above the spinner with hot water NOT BOILING WATER for 5-10 minutes,you dry it off and place the caps back on the spinner will be more smooth to spin, ( reply if you did this I wanna know if it worked as well for you guts😊)
My bearing is new and it still squeaks and stops no Greece or sticky stuff in it NOTHING
What is the name of the cleaner?
Safety Glasses if using that razor blade method!! Can't stress enough. And jeez not toward the face, man! It ought to be mandatory for any instructional vid involving razor blades to require age verification. By the way, that de-greaser fluid will last 10 times longer diluted at 1:10 with water, which is for heavy duty degreasing.
Can you do nail polish remover
guys all I did was take the cap off and rinse it with water after it only spun for not even 30 seconds so try that first also use twesers to life the cap off!
Do NOT use WD40 for a lube, it is not intended to be a lubricant. The light carrier lube turns gummy/sticky after a while.
Use a proper lube, like a light oil...3in1 oil for instance.
You all can wash your bearing with the water...then,you must dry your bearing with the hair dryer..make sure u make the bearing super dry...I had tried this before...my spinner spin from 49 sec to 2 min...If the bearing get rust...u can clean them with coke..btw sorry for bad english
Horrible suggestions. It is actually the bearings going bad or substandard. Best way to fix the issue is spend a very small amount of money and buy some new bearings that are better quality. There are many options on amazon. The bearings you are showing were meant to stay sealed with grease in them, thats why you had to cut your fingers to hell trying to remove the seals. The better spinners have open bearing so all that is needed is to unscrew them and spray them with a greaseless cleaner and then put maybe, and I say maybe the thinnest drop of lube possible on them and put it back together. Those bearings were never meant to be opened. Sorry to be so straight forward with you but people need the real deal.
Tony
Fidget spinners, One of the worst fads in along time.
The copper amazon spinners will spin over 10 minutes after broken in. $32 yes its a bit pricey but your getting 9 more minutes compared to those cheap ones. Well worth the extra price plus copper cuz copper is awesome
I'll check them out.
Where does the grease come from?
Alien its sealed under the metal or rubber seal to make it lubricated but they use shit so its a "requirement" to use grease but if you wash it and put wd40 in it its amazing
Conor Tierney thx m9. the aliens will thank you one day
Alien is there only one alien right now ? as its alien not "aliens"
Conor Tierney we have free tickets to mars, we can give you one for such valuable information
Conor Tierney we inhabit every planet
my fidget spinner without cleaning the bearings spinned for about 2:30 mins and now after cleaning is spins only for 30 seconds.....ruined my spinner completely ;( ;(
guys try WD-4D it works soo good jsut three coats/sprays thick and it improves it 50% for homemade ones
:) hope this helps
Don't put WD-40 in your bearing, it attracts dirt.
You also forgot to mention drying the bearings. The metal ones rust if you don't.
it worked
for metal covers just stab it with a flat head and pry off. done, this is coming from a skateboarder you're not gonna get those metal covers back on anyways lol
i had a 1 dollar 95 cents SGD in singapore,it still spins for 3 min after so many months,those made in china ones,no bearing on the edges,only center,pure metal
The real fix is a device specially made to clean the small bearings - Sector 9 Antiseize Bearing Cleaner. It includes a tree to mount the bearings and degreaser. Then you top it off with Sector 9 Bearing Butter and your spinners will be moving quickly and for longer.
Does this work with Water or NOT!!!! Because i have seing so many comments with (it works) and (it doesn't work) so whaaat?
5 minutes before watching this video I cleaned my bearing. what I did was opened my bearing's upper part which he opened and blasted it with water. and it got cleaner then ever.
and that is how you fuck up your bearing shield never open your bearings if the bearing shields are pressed in like these because you will ruin them you can only open your bearings if they have rubber shields or shields with a c ring this guy shows how to ruin your bearing shields so dont do it like he does if your bearings have the same shields as his bearings
My bearing is way smaller than the circles on the sides is there any way to make this kind of spinner go faster and longer?
Can anyone help bc I couldnt find any videos
shet my fidget eggs are so small thanks to you man you help me alot
oohh shet just got bought a fake one thats why it is small EGGSSSSS!!!! OH MAN!!
GUYS HELP
TRASH OR KEEP you guys decide
PIZARR010 keep
PIZARR010 wtf..
That intro is toxic
Sorry I just had 2 make the joke
No offense
can you use "Awesome Cleaner". its a cleaning product and it cleans just about anything out, but just wondering.
I submerged my bearing for 1 day in Wd-40 and before its 2.36 secs now its 2.58 secs....
I use really small bearings on my spinner and i get over 4 minutes of spin (spun by hand) and it makes lots of noise but it works really well. BTW anyone know how to get rid of the noise?
Have you tried WD40? Mine made a little bit of noise until I used that.
ROBNOB9X I'll try that
my spinner spin time is 4 minutes 30 second after i put some grease it make it slow and only spin for 40 second how i want to fix this?
My fidget spinner is crazy, last night when I tested it it spins for 2 mins then now it spins for 20 seconds tell me how to fix it pls.
i dont get when you try to improve the fidget spinner, it (can) always end up lasting for less time.
I just used my skateboard bearings and now it works much better lol and then I used the grease remover and I got like a 4:56 spin time
Mark fuller you say, what a small world.
i need gun glue😢😢😢
my friend said use nail polish remover and now it only spins for 28 seconds instead of 1 minute and 28 seconds how do i fix this
mine was 10 sec now 5 tnx bro i bought him Today i want my money back!!😥😥😥
Will this remove superglue. I tried to stick my broken spinner and glue went in the bearing.
did you 3d print the fidget spinner plastic (no bearings)
lottts of commentary and getting that degreaser is difficult
I hate it
This is the worst thing I've seen. Haven't you heard that putting bearings into a liquid ends up fucking it up as durability of the particle atmosphere is slightly damaged and the races hide water which is worst then gunk.
Btw no offence.
Haha Nope didn't know this and I'm definitely no expert on these things. I just saw other people doing this to get better spin and it worked for me. I did dry the bearings completely after rinsing them so hopefully that would solve the problem of the water. Also with no grease to help protect them, this is just for fidget spinners really so I'm not accounting for if somebody wants to use them in a skateboard where lots of dust etc will obviously get into them.
Never remove the balls, people. You need a Hydraulic press to put them back in...
Maan I
Use dish soap but make sure it says super degreaser and Dr after
When you spin it, why does it still look like it's 3 sided, like when i spin mine it just looks like a circle, but your sides appear when you spin it.
I was trying to fix my fidget spinner and I'm 13 so I can't get this stuff and after an hour and numerous fails from other days I found out how to fix so my brother always drops his spinner and the middle bearing broke I switched it with the outside ones but the buttons wouldn't fit I tried wd-40 wich was probably a bad idea if not an idiotic one and I finally rinsed it out with water after a few days of trying and that worked I was so mad so if any of you guys see this and are trying to fix your fidget spinner bearing just try rinsing it with water first
it`ll make bearing rust
I just put and rubbed some tap water into the barring it works just as good as new for mine no oil needed.
use yoyo thin lube it will make bearing spins for a long time
Cooking Oil,Nail Polish Remover, and Alcohol Work the Best for me
Thanks bro for this video...
No problem :-)
dont use wd 40
That rubber type thing around the ball bearings, does that melt if put in alcohol ?
NAIL POLISH REMOVER WORKS AMAZINGLY
Nice idea.
Lauren Bloxgell no it will fuck it up u need skate lube
Lauren Bloxgell I will try that
Lauren Bloxgell it work or not? because my spinner is so noisy
Did it work?
If you want to clean it just put some thinner over it and clean with ear bud it really works
Thanks Now My Fidget spinner spins for 5 seconds before it spinned for 7 minutes
u can use zippo for remain the bearing,,, or use "standard" contact cleaner for spray
so, after I clean the bearing I must use WD40 in it? or just let cleaned? I didn't understand well cause my english listening is not so good LOL
If you have some WD40 I'd recommend using it after as well.
Just get some rubbing alcohol ang a q tip then dip the q tip into the alcohol and wipe it to the bearings
Do not put wd 40 it is very fucking bad for the bearings, just buy bones speeding it will make last forever and it isn't bad for the bearings
Mtz0304 lol I just finished putting some on mine,that's why I'm here so I can find out how to fix it.... :'(. (It spins for less time then it used to.)
am i the only one who is here for longboard bearings? Also this really doesnt work does it?
you have voice like yhiita lol
Bomba dandy
Ninja Blade lol
I've cleaned my bearings out, but they only spin for about 5 seconds, what can I do to improve this time?
EDIT: I just watched the rest of the vid, and it shows that the bearing spins faster when you put it in the spinner, but I'm planning to make a homemade one, so what do I have to do to the spinner itself to make it spin fast?
Make the spinner as symmetrical as possible and add weight to the ends, like where I have other bearings in there, these are there to add inertia which makes the spinner spin better. Good luck.
Thanks! So far I've made 3 models, and my best one spins for 15-20 seconds. The problem is, I'm carving it out of cardboard (the base) and It's kinda hard, so the shapes aren't very symmetrical, so; even though the weight of both sides are very close and I've used a file to even it out, It's really hard to make it very symmetrical.
I have another problem, and it's that as soon as I clean my bearings, they can spin for up to 30 seconds, but after spinning it around 20-30 times, the spin time decreases down to 14-17. Why is this happening?
Call MrBeast
I have one and it spins for 10 then clean it and it spins 11
I subscribed you your the best you made my spinner stay for 3min thank u so much
Water rust the barrings just put it in wd-40 for like a min then take it out
dont rinse the bearing under the tap, this will promote rust. once its fully degreased, dry it on kitchen roll, then reapply a square millimetre of grease into the bearing, spinning will eventually cover all the surface area involved making it smooth, quiet & protected.
The bearings were so terrible
I mean stock
For the I3 MK2?
If so then yeah totally agree. I've ordered the MK2S upgrade so hoping these new bearings are better. Otherwise I may finally be forced to grab some IGUS Drylins.
ROBNOB9X I've use your method and got my bearing to 2mins life time.The spinner cost $3.99