The screws where you tighten/loosen the poundage, is it safe for one screw to be all the way dows and the other screw to be higher up. Or should both be at the exact same place?

Trapper_Hunter

If I'm allowed to reply to this post....

You should always have them turned the same amount

TH-
Like Mathewsboy said, you should have both limbs adjusted equally. It's a good idea to crank them both down tight, then put a white dot with paint, White Out, etc. on the same point on each screw. That way, when you loosen each limb, do one at a time and it will let you keep track of the adjustment you've made to each end.

both sides MUST be turned equally.

slayer

yes as the others said, both sides must be turned equally. i have always done it this way. does anyone know what happens if they arent equal?

I do, I do!
The bow will self-destruct in .0000000084 seconds?!?!
[8D]

Did you ever hear of tiller? To measure this you take your bow square and set it against the inside of the limb where it meets the riser. Now read the measurement to the string. If you are using a release the top and bottom limbs should be the same, I think. If using fingers the top limb measurement should be about a quarter inch more. If you are as far out of whack as you claim, you should be experiencing some weird arrow flight for your bow is way out of tune. Using the two measurements to keep everything equal, adjust your screws til you get the poundage that suits you.

My guess is your vertical flight will be all screwed up. It would be hard to tune up or down to hit dead on, on a consistant basis from one distance to the next. The unbalance in the limbs would cause torgue in the wrist.

alright thanks fieldmouse. that is what i suspected would happen

First off, unless that bolt is way out and ready to fall out, your bow is not going to "self destruct".[>:]

Second, for a one cam, stretch a string from axle to axle and measure tiller to this string.

While even tiller is best most of the time, its not uncommon for certain bows or archers to preform better with an uneven tiller setting.