ORIGINAL: JeffB
How are you measuring tiller Jeramy?
Regardless, having the bolts all the way in is fine if tiller is OK.
Hi Jeff,
I measured the tiller 2 ways. First, I used a regular bow square off the string and measured top and bottom. This showed a 1/8" difference. Taking advice from another thread I also too a straight edge and lined it up with the axles on the outside of the e-clips. I then used the bow square from that straight edge and measured. I received the same measurement ... tiller was 1/8" off.
I was going to leave it as is but after reading the owners manual it mentioned that 1/8-1/4" is enough to cause problems so I decided to tinker. Normally I'd just get in the car and run to the shop to have them deal with it. However in reading some posts through this forum I felt this was something I could take care of myself.
After taking the measurements it was time to adjust the limb bolts. Since I had never turned them before I had no idea how far they were already backed out so I decided to tighten them up all the way and start from there. With both limb bolts tightened down I re-measured the tiller. There was still a difference, maybe a hair or two under 1/8". I backed the top limb bolt out 1/2 a turn and re-measured. I was down to about 1/16" difference. I backed the top limb out another 1/2 turn again and re-measured which turned out to be too much. So I tightened down 1/4 on the top limb and now the tiller is dead on. (Or at least very very close)
I never touched the bottom limb so it's still tightened down all the way. The top is backed down 3/4 of a turn. My nock point is now approx. 1/8" lower so I need to re-adjust that today.