Fletching touching buss cable

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I’ve been searching this issue and I wonder if it’s my rest. I had a whisker biscuit. Then switched to a drop away. I never noticed it until recently. My bow is sighted in but could this be alleviated moving my rest over until no contact? Or is this a bigger problem?

 

[bsnedeker]

I had this issue on my very first bow, best way to fix it was to turn my arrows 90 degrees to the left so the cock vane (assuming 3-fletch) was pointing to the left like a trad bow rather than the traditional straight up configuration.

I would not move your rest as that will throw your bow way out of tune.

 

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Ok I did that but thought that was a temp fix

 

[bsnedeker]

Permanent fix for me was to buy a new bow with pulleys that deflect the cables...lol! Turning the arrows worked totally fine for me though. Just make sure to tune your broadheads as turning the arrows could change your tune slightly due to the new spine index on the arrows. If your BH's hit with your FP's you are good to go!

 

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So I noticed that the bar that holds the cables offset may have twisted. The “bend” was at the 12 o’clock position causing the cables to move closer to the string. I moved it to this 9 o’clock position and the cables are clearly out the way. Does this look correct?

 

[Billy Goat]

Depends on the bow. Some elites use that to tune. It will change cam lean. If you get it tuned at 9 I'd definitely leave it there.

 

[stonewall]

So I noticed that the bar that holds the cables offset may have twisted. The “bend” was at the 12 o’clock position causing the cables to move closer to the string. I moved it to this 9 o’clock position and the cables are clearly out the way. Does this look correct?

That likely will change tune. As mentioned by billy goat. I adjusted tension on cable rod to tune my dads elite

 

[stonewall]

I should add. My wife’s first infinite edge bow had fletching contact. And we could never get it to tune. It looked off. Turns out the riser was bent and had to send back on warranty. No problems with the replacement

 

[bsnedeker]

I should add. My wife’s first infinite edge bow had fletching contact. And we could never get it to tune. It looked off. Turns out the riser was bent and had to send back on warranty. No problems with the replacement

Oh man...the bow I was talking about up top is an infinite edge! How did you diagnose a bent riser? Mine is way old at this point so I doubt I'd have any luck getting it serviced/replaced under warranty so just curious...was just the fact that you were getting fletching contact the indicator? I've been saving the bow for my daughter if/when she gets interested in shooting.

 

[cusecat04]

what vanes are you using? I ran into this with some free arrows that had Blazers, nock rotation helped alleviate it.

 

[stonewall]

Oh man...the bow I was talking about up top is an infinite edge! How did you diagnose a bent riser? Mine is way old at this point so I doubt I'd have any luck getting it serviced/replaced under warranty so just curious...was just the fact that you were getting fletching contact the indicator? I've been saving the bow for my daughter if/when she gets interested in shooting.

i initially typed a book of a reply....here's the cliffsnotes:
strip everything off bow and lay flat on table. that will reveal if there's a bad wobble. this one was visibly crooked and the riser caused one limb to go one direction and the other another direction. not so bad you couldn't shoot an arrow, but bad enough you couldn't tune it.
i *think* diamond is lifetime warranty if you're original owner. the odds of you having a crooked riser are slim i bet. that one we had was probably just a lemon

 

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what vanes are you using? I ran into this with some free arrows that had Blazers, nock rotation helped alleviate it.

Q2i 3” fusion xii and blazer 2”. Turning the nocks worked. But then I noticed color transfer from the vanes to the rest on the left side only. Gotta be a better fix than nock rotation. I just dropped it off at the shop. Nothing but issues since June.