iowabucks Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Hey everyone, I have a Mathews Q2 that doesn't shoot the arrows straight. I shoot carbons with Blazer vanes. I never have got this bow tuned to shoot that great and i just looked closely at it yesterday and notice that it looks like the vanes are probably making contact with the cables. I also use a Quicktune Drop Away 2000 that has it's own cable slide that is a little larger to accomodate the cable that bolts to it. I think i just need a cable slide that holds the cables closer to the guard, and be able to bolt the drop away cable to it. I would assume i need to find a different cable slide, but i do like the rest and want to keep it. The Mathews cable guard comes straight back from the riser. Would they make an offset cable guard? Would another brand cable guide work? I'm not even sure if this one comes out. I just want to find the easiest way of fixing this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinwheel5 Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 The dead center shot on that bow is 13/16" from the riser to the center of the arrow. Try that first. If the vanes still hit try a limbsaver cable guard. They have some holes in them to accept down cables for fallaway rests. You may need to replace the stiff wire of the quicktune with the same rope used to make nocking loops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwlacy Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Are you sure the vanes are hitting the cables? I have that same rest on a Conquest and I have a hard time with small diameter carbons. The prongs on that rest don't seem to drop down far enough for the vanes on a small diameter carbon to clear. Aluminum arrows I had no problems. But with the carbons I had to keep turning my nocks a tiny amount at a time. Spray everything with foot powder and see where you are hitting first. Also check your center shot like PW said. Yes the cable guard will come out of the riser, it's a pain though they are epoxied in. I have owned several Mathews bows and that is the only thing I've never liked about them. No adjustment on the cable guard. The newer bows have the rollers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob LeBlanc Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Get some Dr. Scholl's spray foot powder. Spray the fletching and then after the shot look at your cables to see if there is a powder transfer on the cable. If there is, it could be that the rest is set too close in on the riser, or you could be torquing the string when you draw. Chances are, unless it has been bent, the cable guard is not the issue. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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