I am so sick I wanna puke, dry fired my Hoyt
03-09-2010, 05:10 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
Run a cotton ball over the face and sides of the limbs... if there's ANY splintering or delaminating, it'll pick it up.
I'd tear down the bow as well and roll the axles on a flat countertop to ensure they're not bent in the minutest amount as well...
I'd tear down the bow as well and roll the axles on a flat countertop to ensure they're not bent in the minutest amount as well...
03-21-2010, 09:32 PM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: In a Tarpon Boat
Posts: 846
Agree with Greg on the axles.
If they're bent, which 95% of the time they are, they can cause premature wear on your cam's bearings and wallow out the drilled holes in your limbs.
03-26-2010, 11:33 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Henderson, KY
Posts: 1,760
Im there with BC and Meanv... Check the axles! Hoyt isnt know for having the straightest axles anyway as of a few years ago. Also, check the cables for broken strands. Be leary of that more than anything b/c there could be one hiding under serving.
I derailed my shop bow (xforce Gx7) last year while checking the cam timing. The bow was A ok after I tore everything apart. Apparantly a strand was broken b/c about 3 weeks later kaboom at full draw. Broken cable...
I derailed my shop bow (xforce Gx7) last year while checking the cam timing. The bow was A ok after I tore everything apart. Apparantly a strand was broken b/c about 3 weeks later kaboom at full draw. Broken cable...
03-27-2010, 04:06 AM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eastern Oklahoma
Posts: 367
I dry fired a bow once,it looked fine no hair line cracks or anything.It shot great for about 2 weeks then the top and lower limb's cracked,bow didnt explode or anything but i knew it was from the dry fire.
03-27-2010, 04:18 AM
#17
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,563
Good info here on this subject. Although I have not dry fired any bow yet.. I know it can happen even if some one else is just looking at it and it slips out of the release it can happen. I will keep this info for the just in case it happens to me list..
