Cam Lean?

[phirstaide]

evening everyone. can someone please post a link or explain to me exactly what "cam lean" is??

the reason i ask is because the serving at the end of my zebra string is showing signs of wear. it's where it attaches to the cam (the loop of string wrapped with serving) i know from pulling the bow back that the cams do lean but i don't know if this is good or bad or even if they are supposed to do that?? i shoot a reflex growler. 27.5 draw, set at 52lb.

thanks.

Phirst

Cam lean is when your cams are not perfectly perpendicular with your string. Can be perfect at full draw but not undrawn, or vise versa, or leaning during the whole draw cycle.

Zebra twists are kinda known to have serving issues.

[dryridge2]

What Big Country said.

There are many causes of cam lean and it is never a desirable thing. You can usually fix it by twisting your buss cable in or out.
And Ditto on the Z-Twist strings and wear....I would replace them with another brand.

[phirstaide]

thanks for the info and advice bigcountry and dryridge2. i just looked at my bow again and the cams aren't leaning at rest. i can't really tell when i'm at full draw if they are leaning or not. i know the string and cable are due to the cableslide (not sure if that makes sense) i'll try to get a picture at fulldraw. as for the strings i had no idea that zebra twists would wear out so quickly. they are the original strings from when i bought the bow back in Nov 08. any suggestions on quality brands?

thanks.

Originally Posted by phirstaide

thanks for the info and advice bigcountry and dryridge2. i just looked at my bow again and the cams aren't leaning at rest. i can't really tell when i'm at full draw if they are leaning or not. i know the string and cable are due to the cableslide (not sure if that makes sense) i'll try to get a picture at fulldraw. as for the strings i had no idea that zebra twists would wear out so quickly. they are the original strings from when i bought the bow back in Nov 08. any suggestions on quality brands?

thanks.

Winners choice are good but overpriced. Vaportrails are great and awesome deal if you find them on sale like from Dan Horton (meanv) on here. You can do a search for him. Lots of good string makers on here. Bucknasty used to post on here. He has some good strings.

[BGfisher]

Adjusting cam lean out of your bow may not be possible if you have Y cables with a floating yoke, such as on Hoyt bows. You can usually twist up one side of a static yoke of the cable to straighten the cams, but with a floating yoke if will just keep centering itself.

As for your comment about the Zebra strings being worn out so quick? They don't really wear out any sooner than other strings. They just aren't built well in the first place. They use pretty much the same materials as a lot of custom string makers use. The difference is that many custom string makers just go ahead and take the time to build their strings right and don't pay for a ton of advertising to justify the price they charge.

As mentioned, there are lots of good string makers. John Mraz (Buccknasty strings & aka. Gibblet on this site) is good. Vapor Trail, Prostrings, H&M, and many many others. Winner's Choice is always mentioned as they were pretty much the pioneer of prestretched strings; they are good, but no better than the others mentioned here and cost about 1/3 more.

[phirstaide]

Originally Posted by BGfisher

Adjusting cam lean out of your bow may not be possible if you have Y cables with a floating yoke, such as on Hoyt bows. You can usually twist up one side of a static yoke of the cable to straighten the cams, but with a floating yoke if will just keep centering itself.

As for your comment about the Zebra strings being worn out so quick? They don't really wear out any sooner than other strings. They just aren't built well in the first place. They use pretty much the same materials as a lot of custom string makers use. The difference is that many custom string makers just go ahead and take the time to build their strings right and don't pay for a ton of advertising to justify the price they charge.

As mentioned, there are lots of good string makers. John Mraz (Buccknasty strings & aka. Gibblet on this site) is good. Vapor Trail, Prostrings, H&M, and many many others. Winner's Choice is always mentioned as they were pretty much the pioneer of prestretched strings; they are good, but no better than the others mentioned here and cost about 1/3 more.

BGfisher, thanks for all the advice. i will keep all this in mind as i search for some new strings.