Ripcord question...With pics
 

Hey guys! Just bought a Ripcord today. So far I'm not at all impressed with the sound it makes. The slap this rest makes is absurd. I know, I know...put some moleskin on the riser shelf. The problem is that even when I raise the rest to be sure there is no contact with shelf it still makes the sound. The only way I've got it to be somewhat quiet is to raise the vertical adjustment so high that it can no longer be adjusted without falling off the mount. Any words of wisdom?

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I used camo felt with sticky back on a small section of the shelf and on the back of the launcher..no problems with noise here.

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I have used them on four different Mathews bows with no problems as of yet. In the shop that I work at we did have a bad batch a few years back. We have sold several hundred since then and no problems yet. I don't understand why yours is so noise. I do believe you but I know it shouldn't be that way. Maybe if by chance you could post a pic of rest on you bow then we could better understand why you is making noise. Did you install it yourself or did you have someone else install it?

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I use felt and one of those Simms rubber pads.

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X2 I love my ripcord!!

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Mine also makes a little bit of a slap not bad though, I just put some new fuzz on my shelf and on the prongs, I found out electrical tape works pretty good considering i couldn't get the stuff i bought to stick looks nice too. Anyway i was thinking about buying one of those simms rubber pads or maybe something cheaper see anything changes.

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Let me repeat myself or explain myself more clearly...the rest is not hitting the shelf and it is still making a sound. I'm posting some pics of both sides of the rest so you can see that the rest is 5/16 of an inch off of the shelf and it is still making a sound. When I lower mine so that it hits the shelf which is where mine should be because of my nock point, I can hear the sound of it hitting the shelf. I understand that and I know that by putting some sort of adhesive padding there it will take that sound away. THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. So my question is, what does all of yours sound like when you release it. Is it silent? Do you hear a very faint noise? Or are does yours snap like mine does? I'm converting from a Whisker Biscuit and I'm shocked how loud this rest is. Even if I can figure out how to fix that sound, I'm not for sure if I'm going to keep it. It seems to me that it is bad design to have the rest hit the shelf, with padding or not. I'd rather have a rest that I wasn't forced to do that. So what does you all of yours sound like?

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First off, lose the football and serve it in your down cable. I use the Ripcord on all my Diamond bows with a small amount of moleskin on the shelf. They all make a small noise when released but, have someone else judge the noise. It probably isn't as loud as you think.

If you think the rest is faulty, call Keith at Ripcord. They are great over there and will get it right if that's the case.

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NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH MINE ITS QUITE AS CAN B

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Does anybody have theirs set up so that it doesn't hit the shelf?

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X3 also put 2 layers of moleskin on it maybe

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Guys, I do appreciate you trying to help me and I don't want to sound sarcastic or be mean about this, but please read what my question is? My rest is making the snapping sound and IT ISN'T HITTING THE RISER SHELF. I know that moleskin or another material will take the sound away of the rest hitting the shelf, but that isn't my problem.

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All drop away rests are going to make some kind of sound. The launcher arms have to stop against something and that something is going to make some kid of noise. No matter how much dampening material you use you will always be able to hear some kind of sound with a drop away rest. Or any rest that moves for that matter. Even TM hunter rests will make clicking noises when the arrow pushes down on the prongs and the rests snaps back up.

Adjust your rest so that your nocking point and rest are in the proper place and use some sticky foam, mole skin, felt, Simms pad, or waht ever to make it quieter.

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I can tell looking at your rest that it is one of the older versions, i had a similar experience with my first ripcord. Only I had mine setup up to drop down on the shelf. What your hearing is the rest coming to stop against the built in stopper and there is no way to muffle that sound.

Set up the rest and nock point the way it is supposed to be and then use moleskin or the new Simms dropaway pads or a combination. When you set it up properly the rest will hit the shelf before it hits the internal stopper, and you will experience less noise.

Dropaways are going to have more noise than the WB, but it is a tradeoff.

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Thanks nvshooter. I think you are probably right. The sound does seem to be something internal, and I guess I wasn't expecting it. Hopefully Ripcord has improved that in their newer models. I guess after owning it and trying it on my bow, I'm not a fan of the design. The concept seems good, but can be drastically improved upon. First, I would dampen the internal sound that mine is apparently making and second, I would make it so that it doesn't have to slap the riser shelf at all. I'm probably going to return it and try another brand of drop away, but I appreciate the help. I may start another thread to see if anyone has dropaways that aren't making contact with the shelf.

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have a look at the g5 expert drop away very nice rest no contact no noise and the easiest drop away i ever tuned in

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I agree with nvshooter, its slapping your internal stop witch may make it louder than with moleskin and shelf contact.
This is all i did to mine, it sems very quiet this way. Its just a small section of camo stickyback felt on the shelf and i did the whole backside of the launcher with the same felt. and i agree, loose the football and serve it into the cable.
oops, forgot the pic :Dhere it is!

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Have you got the noise to stop? Two things I noticed, one it looks like thecontainment arm on the ripcord is touching or almost touching your cable guard. Don't know if it is or not, but there is a chance they are slapping each other. A cable guard does flex some and that could be a problem if they are touching? From the way you describe the noise, it is much louder than normal, don't know if that is problem or not but I would check it out. Two I would make sure you rest is dropping on time. I have seen a few first handthat were not droppingfast enough and the arrow was slapping the rest. Of course you can see the wear on the vanes from this.One last thing I do agree with the above advice by others and wouldfollow through with it first. If that doesn't work thengo with what I have said. Hope thisworks and let us know.