Replacing the String on your Yo-yo

Learn how to replace the string on your yo-yo. Video transcript

The first thing you want to do if you didn’t already break the string off you want to get this old string off the yo-yo.

What I do is I just pinch the string just a couple inches above the yo-yo and I twist it off to the left. What that will do is it will cause these strings above the yo-yo to split apart, just like that. That will allow me to slip the yo-yo right off the string. Now, once you’ve gotten that string off you can throw it away. Then you want to get a new string. I’m just going to use the same one to show you how to do this.

What you want to do with the new string is you want to take the bottom of the string, and that is just the part where it loops around – as opposed to the part that has been tied for you… take the bottom of your string and you want to twist it apart so that it splits apart and you want to put your thumb and one of those fingers in that opening to split the string apart, just like that. Then, you want to take your yo-yo and you want to put that string right on the yo-yo just like this. If you have an auto-return yo-yo, like the Originator, what you want to do is take the string and wrap it around at least one more time, maybe even two more times because that will allow the auto-return mechanism to work.

Once you’ve done that you can just let the yo-yo hang down; you can spin it a little bit and that will even out the string at the bottom. Then you are ready to learn how to adjust the string and wind the string which you’ll learn in the next couple of videos.

Now if you don’t have an auto-return yo-yo, if you have a Dominator or a Luminator, then what you want to do is just take your string and just put it on one time, and that’s all you need. Once you have done that, again, give it a little twist, and now you are ready to go.

If you’ve been using your yo-yo for a little while what you are going to find is that the string is going to start wearing out and it might even break. This doesn’t mean that your yo-yo is broken because yo-yos are designed to have their strings replaced. So, in this video I am going to teach you how to do that.The first thing you want to do if you didn’t already break the string off you want to get this old string off the yo-yo.What I do is I just pinch the string just a couple inches above the yo-yo and I twist it off to the left. What that will do is it will cause these strings above the yo-yo to split apart, just like that. That will allow me to slip the yo-yo right off the string. Now, once you’ve gotten that string off you can throw it away. Then you want to get a new string. I’m just going to use the same one to show you how to do this.What you want to do with the new string is you want to take the bottom of the string, and that is just the part where it loops around – as opposed to the part that has been tied for you… take the bottom of your string and you want to twist it apart so that it splits apart and you want to put your thumb and one of those fingers in that opening to split the string apart, just like that. Then, you want to take your yo-yo and you want to put that string right on the yo-yo just like this. If you have an auto-return yo-yo, like the Originator, what you want to do is take the string and wrap it around at least one more time, maybe even two more times because that will allow the auto-return mechanism to work.Once you’ve done that you can just let the yo-yo hang down; you can spin it a little bit and that will even out the string at the bottom. Then you are ready to learn how to adjust the string and wind the string which you’ll learn in the next couple of videos.Now if you don’t have an auto-return yo-yo, if you have a Dominator or a Luminator, then what you want to do is just take your string and just put it on one time, and that’s all you need. Once you have done that, again, give it a little twist, and now you are ready to go.