Terrible luck with strings

mtfreezer · 04-06-2007, 08:17 AM

Just got my first bow in December. I had it shipped to me once it came in as I live over 100miles away. When it arrived, there was a hole in the box. Opened it up and found the string broke and a cable frayed badly. I called up the shop and they replaced the entire bow for me.

Now, last night I pulled back and my loop came untied. Costly mistake. Snapped the string and frayed the same cable.I am going to a higher quility sting and cable as the factory ones never did look very good to start out with. Can I replace just the string and frayed cable or should I replace both cables along with the string?

mauser06 · 04-06-2007, 09:02 AM

id have the bow checked over really really well by the shop. a blown up string could blown up or cracked limbs or messed up the cams and/or axels etc etc....

KodiakArcher · 04-06-2007, 09:39 AM

If you go to a higher quality string/cable it's going to be made of a different material than the originals. Replace them all so that they are the same. Once you know what material you're working with you can replace them in components but I always replace both cables if I'm changing one.

mtfreezer · 04-06-2007, 09:55 AM

Thanks guys. I haven't looked at the bow since last night. I was too frustrated with it and myself at the time. Hopefully everything is ok. I'll be sending this G I B B L E T guy some busness soon. I hear his stringsare top notch, grade A stuff.

TerryM · 04-06-2007, 10:53 AM

Gibblett isthe best. Just give him a pm, he'll fix ya up.

BOWTECHBO · 04-07-2007, 01:33 PM

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ORIGINAL: TerryM

Gibblett isthe best. Just give him a pm, he'll fix ya up.

YUP!!! he is the best....i got a second string for my 2006 Ally not long ago (i crewed up the first one trying to looses up my mod screw with a small butane torch) and i have shot it 300-400 times and no stretch! peep still lines up just right!

Bo