string chub worn off
 

Hello every one, im new to bow hunting and I have a question. Is it normal for a string chub to wear? It seems to me that the bow is out of tune or something. Its a brand new PSE Bruin and I bought it about 4 months ago. I have practiced alot with it, but the upper string chub is wearing from where it is hitting the string upon release. Any advice would be appreciated

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Okay, I gotta ask, what is a string chub? If I knew what it was, maybe I would know if it was normal to wear :D

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It's that thingamajig[8D];):):D

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No, no... it's the whatchmacallit beside the doohickey!

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Greg I hate to argue with ya but ya wrong AGAIN:):D

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I read the original question a while ago and moved on. String Chub? 32 years of compound bows and never heard the word. I figured ithad to beone of Mathew's latest and greatest inventions, or Hoyt or Bowtech.

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WOW....well I guess nevermind. I have spent the past few weeks reading through these forums and learned a great deal. yeah Im new to bow hunting...you got me there. No need to act like im retarded I thought thats what those things were called. They are vibration dampners that are on bow strings. From now on I guess Ill keep my stupid questions to myself....THANKS

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OH I guess they are called string leeches...sorry to offend the bow hunting community

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the string chub is P.S.E.'s version of a leach and one that is nice about them is that as they loose their effectivness they will detiorate which tells you it is time to replace them other verions dont show any sign so every one thinks are fine but they may have worn out long before

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Hey now, welcome to the forums, no one is offended, they are having fun with it...it's hard to see the emotion but trust me, it's funny.

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Sorry davs2601- I didn't mean to welcome you to the boards by flaming you, just never heard the term before. And BTW, welcome! Your question wasn't dumb at all, just a little confusing to me, but I'm easily confused :D Most string vibration dampeners do wear out or just plain fall off. I use simple cat whiskers, they seem to last forever, and do as good of a job as anything out there at keeping your bow quiet. They're cheap too! If you have questions, bring them on, no such thing as a stupid question (although I'm sure I've asked a few now and again!) Again, welcome to the boards.

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We were absolutely having some fun -- and I didn't even think about you taking it the wrong way... Sorry. Hang around here long enough, and there's enough serious banter that it kinda feels good to let your hair down every once in a while! ;)

Now... What was the original question? :D

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OK, I had to go ahead and reply so I could go back and look at your question... [8D]

You say your chub is wearing because it's hitting the string... Isn't it ON the string? (Or IN it, as it were?) Or are you meaning coming on through after the shot and making contact with the cable (which is usually what causes wear on chubs ;):D)

Irrespective... if you've got four months of solid shooting during the summer months and leading up to the fall out of a chub, you're doing pretty good. Chubs have been known to not evenlast that long.

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Your right sorry about that, I had a rough day at work. I guess I just kinda vented on you guys. Im new to bow hunting and theres alot that I have to learn, it seems like when you ask a question in a pro shop you get stares from other like you are retarded. I thought I was getting the same here. I am truly sorry for being a jerk.

Yeah when I release the string the dampner hits the cable and one side is almost gone. The lower one shows no signs of wear, It just looked strange to me.

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That is for those of us that still have some hair left:D

Best thing I would reccomend is that you replace them with a set of cats whiskers cut to about the size of a 1/2 dollar or a little larger;)

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I was serious. I never heard the word chubs. But it was partly fun, too. Sorry you had a bad day at work. I quit having those days four years ago when I retired.

And by the way, you're allowed to vent, too. We hold no grudges.

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thanks for the info....again sorry about being too sensitive.

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String chubs are standard on PSE and Browning Bows.......You know there are other bow brands out there becides Bowtech, Mathews and Hoyt:D








String Chubs

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[align=center][/align]Anyway, Check to see where it's placed it might be hitting the bus cable right where it starts to "Y" out. Try sliding it up or down.

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davs2601, Welcome aboard!!! #1. You will have alot of fun and you wll learn alot here.
#2. You will see the way we treat each other on here. Lots and lots of fun ripping on each other, the important word there is fun!! Never take it personally.
#3 and most importantly. Never ever think that a question you have is stupid. If you don't know something and feel the need to ask, by all means do it. Remember, we all started hunting at one time in our lives and we all had to learn somehow. There are alot of years of experience on here and alot of really helpful people who love nothing more than helping each other out. So never fail to ask for help.

Now, the string chub thing!! When I read that, I just figured that was that thing that us guys get when receive our new string from Gibblet in the mail and open the envelope and see it for the first time.:D:D

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LOL! Maybe I should stick to Winner's Choice or my wife might get seriously upset! Regarding the dampners hitting the cable, I'd think that if you have that problem with "chubs" you may have it with any kind of dampner, including cat whiskers. A couple things you may want to try, and please chime in if someone thinks I'm out to lunch here... Placement of the dampners on the string might be part of the problem, maybe move them closer to the cams? Is the cable guard adjustable? Maybe rotating it so the cables are further away from the string is possible (this is probably the first thing I would check.) If you can't do that, maybe replacing the slide on the cable guard will do it? Ask someone at your pro shop if they think either of those suggestions might help. Also, there are other things that can be done, but now you're into really changing the bow a bit. Installing a STS could do the trick. You wouldn't need dampners any more, and the string would stop at the same rest position it was in without continuing further to the riser. There are also some aftermarket cable guards that might help (i.e. windstalker, etc.) I'm thinking you may have more problems than you think describing how the dampners are wearing. Are your fletchings getting torn up or are you getting black marks on the edges? If your cable and strings are so close together, I'd almost bet you had some sort of fletching contact too. That will reduce the accuracy of your bow. I have that problem, my solution is rotating the nocks so the cockvane is at a 45 degree angle towards the string so the lower one doesn't make contact. I am FAR from being an expert here, but just throwing some ideas out to you and also checking to see if the fine folks on this forum might agree with any of them.

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I havent noticed any problems with fletchings...not yet anyway. Once the roads clear up a bit I may take it up to a pro shop and have them give it a look. At first I thought it need to be moved up or down, but i measured and it is in the same location and the lower one. Thanks for the advice

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Just because it's in the same spot as the lower one doesn't mean it's in the correct spot. I think it's hitting the control cable at the "Y" try moving it either up or down, then move the other so they are the same distance from the axle.

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"Chubs"? Whisker Biscuits? What will they think of next? Hot Karl arrows? Dirty Sanchez face paint? [8D] I'd love to party with the marketing folks who dream up the names for these products....