New strings...bow is LOUD. Help!

[OutdoorAg]

Photo dump…

 

[OutdoorAg]

Not an even gap, but there is slight daylight between string and stop

 

[OutdoorAg]

Did my best here, but string sits slightly off center of the stop. I’d say just a minor amount L of center.

 

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Top cam side view

 

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Top cam back view

 

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Top cam front

 

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Bow flipped over. This is bottom cam side view

 

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Bottom cam from the back

 

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Bottom cam from front

 

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Whole enchilada

 

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Another string stop view

 

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[5MilesBack]

I notice that your limbs aren't fully seated. Were they that way when you dry fired it? It might be possible that you've stripped out your riser with the limb bolt. Just something to check. I had that happen when a yoke loop broke at full draw on my bow. Destroyed the limbs and cams. Had to drill it, tap it, and install a helicoil in both top and bottom. Now the bow is good as new.

 

[OutdoorAg]

I notice that your limbs aren't fully seated. Were they that way when you dry fired it? It might be possible that you've stripped out your riser with the limb bolt. Just something to check. I had that happen when a yoke loop broke at full draw on my bow. Destroyed the limbs and cams. Had to drill it, tap it, and install a helicoil in both top and bottom. Now the bow is good as new.

I’m not shooting at full 70lb. I’m about 1.5 turns from limb bolts being fully bottomed out. Bow pulling about 63/64 lb

Could that be causing what you’re seeing?

 

[5MilesBack]

Could that be causing what you’re seeing?

You can see that they aren't tightened down all the way, which is fine. But my bow was loud and jumpy after the limb bolt stripped out the riser.

 

[Billy Goat]

I think everything is fine. The Mathews I have been around that didn't have speed nocks were noticeably louder, add in the fact you are gun shy since your mishap.


I think everything is fine, just shoot the bow. But that's also advice from some dude on the internet, it's worth exactly what you paid for it. If you can put a straight edge on the cams and tell they are still straight, the axles aren't tweaked, and cotton balls aren't showing any limb splits, you should be good.

 

[5MilesBack]

the axles aren't tweaked

Good point. After my bow blew up, the axles were bent as well. Replaced those when I replaced the cams.

 

[OutdoorAg]

Axles and cams all look good to me. Might just need string silencers of some kind

 

[fatlander]

Make sure the Allen screws in the cam axles are tight. I chased my tail for months with a Mathews trying to figure out where a rattle was coming from. It was the axle.


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[AkRyan]

I had new strings put on my vxr and it was loud until I pit monkey tails back on it!