MayGoldworthy
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My dad's recently taken up archery, he bought a bow second hand from someone at the club, it's an SF archery premium plus 25? riser with SF archery elite fiber/foam limbs:
And he asked if I would set it up for him. The bow has hardly been used however it has a potential issue. I was alerted to it by one of the limb detent, pin and spring being missing and both caps being loose:
It took me while but I worked out what has been done,
The riser tiller bolts have been loosened so far (to achieve a lower draw weight) that the dovetail shape was binding on the inside of the riser and leaving a gap between the top of the limb and the tiller bolt:
To get the limbs to sit properly the caps have been loosened to allow the detents to pull out of the limbs. I didn't think of taking a photo before I tightened the caps to pull them back in so here's a drawing of what it looked like:
My main concern is that the detents have been twisted inside the limbs by the force of stringing the bow, and given how tight they are pushed into the limb, could it have damaged the lamination of the limbs? And are they safe to use now I've wound the tiller bolts back down to a safe position and tightened the detents? Or should he just buy new limbs to be on the safe side?
I would be grateful for any advice anyone here can give me, thanks
And he asked if I would set it up for him. The bow has hardly been used however it has a potential issue. I was alerted to it by one of the limb detent, pin and spring being missing and both caps being loose:
It took me while but I worked out what has been done,
The riser tiller bolts have been loosened so far (to achieve a lower draw weight) that the dovetail shape was binding on the inside of the riser and leaving a gap between the top of the limb and the tiller bolt:
To get the limbs to sit properly the caps have been loosened to allow the detents to pull out of the limbs. I didn't think of taking a photo before I tightened the caps to pull them back in so here's a drawing of what it looked like:
My main concern is that the detents have been twisted inside the limbs by the force of stringing the bow, and given how tight they are pushed into the limb, could it have damaged the lamination of the limbs? And are they safe to use now I've wound the tiller bolts back down to a safe position and tightened the detents? Or should he just buy new limbs to be on the safe side?
I would be grateful for any advice anyone here can give me, thanks