8ptbuckpa Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 I just saw this over on AT and thought it would be good to post on hear for the self tuners. This is only for hybrid cam bows. Let me begin by saying, this is not a bashing thread. It is being posted for informational purposes. As I have stated many times before, when timing these bows it is necessary to get the string posts 1/16 inch from the face of the limb and then add 2 twists to the cable going to the top cam. If you don't add the 2 twists the bow will be at 65% letoff, even though the draw stop peg is set at the 80% position. Now stop and think for a moment. The letoff was increased by 15% by establishing a difference of 2 twists between the cams. When someone adds a fallaway rest 2 more twists must be added to restore proper letoff and when someone adds a Windstalker 2 more twists are generally needed to restore proper letoff. Now let's say this person decides to remove the Windstalker and changes rests to a Whisker Biscuit and does not remove these 4 twists. Instant lockup and at least 2 have recently had limbs destroyed and cams damaged by forgetting to do these things. Folks these are great bows but they require we put on our thinking caps when we make adjustments to them. Enjoy your bow but please use care when adjusting it. As they say"this ain't your daddy's bow" and it can't be adjusted with the reckless abandon he could have gotten away with. Another thing is this, when you change strings and are installing new ones make sure your timing measurements are correct before drawing the bow, as if they are far out of spec you might lock it up. Remember you can adjust all you like with it out of spec, but don't draw it until your measurements show it to be in spec. Then many of these threads about locked up bows and destroyed limbs will go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Maybe the model this person is referring to references off the string posts. As far as I have seen the correct timing distance is set from the MODULE SCREWS. This distance is different for different model bows. Here is the 2008 Bowtech Owners Manual. http://www.bowtecharchery.com/downloads/OM_BT08.pdf Adjusting timing on a binary cam without knowing EXACTLY what you are doing is an invitation to disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 That is why I take my bow to my archery to get worked on. The guys know what they are doing, and I'm not taking chance on screwing something up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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