Bottom Cam Lean - 2020 Hoyt

[KevinClimbs]

I just put a new set of Gas strings on my Hoyt Axius Ultra and noticed that I have a bunch of bottom cam lean, both at full draw and at brace. I don't recall this being an issue with the factory strings (which i had on the bow about a month before replacing) but I never really looked at the lower cable stops in much detail. I don't think there is a clearance issue during rotation of the bottom cam but am wondering if this is something I should be worried about or just try to ignore and just shoot. Any ideas before I take it to the pro shop?

Photo looking down at bottom cam at full draw you can one side of the split bus cable hugging the cam while the other side is at the edge of the cable stop


Photo below show bow at brace with arrow held on left side of bottom cam crossing crossing to the right of string below d loop.

 

[Zac]

This may be a stupid question, but did you time the cams and bring everything into spec?

 

[MT257]

How does it shoot through paper? As Zac said did you time your cams? Did you by chance put twists in the cable unintentionally during install?

 

[nphunter]

First thing I would do is put everything to Hoyt Spec. If the bus cable is not twisted enough it may be a problem? It's really tough to tell without lookin over the bow. My RX4 is perfectly level on the bottom cam, might want to press the bow and make sure everything is in the right spot and nothing is hung up.

 

[KevinClimbs]

How does it shoot through paper? As Zac said did you time your cams? Did you by chance put twists in the cable unintentionally during install?

Cams are in time. Looks decent through paper - I was waiting to get a few hundred shots with the new string before fine tuning but I got it pretty close to bullet holes with my initial setup.

First thing I would do is put everything to Hoyt Spec. If the bus cable is not twisted enough it may be a problem? It's really tough to tell without lookin over the bow. My RX4 is perfectly level on the bottom cam, might want to press the bow and make sure everything is in the right spot and nothing is hung up.

I checked out specs and it looks like I am pretty close. The only thing that seems to stand out is that the ATA was just bit long - between 1/16 and 1/18 of an inch. When I initially noticed the lean issue I had the same thought about twists in buss cable so I did test to see if adding or subtracting twists form the bus cable would impact the lean and it really didn't seem have much of an impact.

 

[MT257]

I wouldn’t sweat a 1/16” on your ata.

 

[Jellymon1]

That isn’t bad. Tune your bow, if it won’t tune then look for issues. Have you shot it? If not I would shoot it some to see how things settle out.

 

[KevinClimbs]

That isn’t bad. Tune your bow, if it won’t tune then look for issues. Have you shot it? If not I would shoot it some to see how things settle out.

I've got about 80 shots through the new string. I played with paper tuning a bit earlier today and was able to get a good bullet hole. I imagine the string could settle a little more but a bullet hole is always a good sign! I think I will just have to put my OCD in check when it comes to the lower cam lean unless I start seeing problems.