Okay, maybe not an epiphany, but I solved my year old tuning problems with one quick turn of the wrench! I have been having inconsistancies with my bow since last fall. I have replaced strings and cables(that needed done anyway) I have replaced all my bushings, I have checked my axles. I have tried different rests, I have tried different arrows.....all with the same inconsistancies. When I was once again checking my string and cable lengths this evening, after a long and arduous attempt at bare shaft tuning, I found the culprit.....that tiny little set screw that keeps my cable gaurd tight was loose! I tightened it and put everything back together. I took that little bow out into the back yard and immediately felt the result....smooth as she used to be and almost tuned! I would have finished tuning it, but I've just started shooting again in the last couple of weeks and frankly I was worn out. I just had to tell somebody as I feel a huge burden has been lifted. My wife just doesn't get as excited about these things as I do!

Congrats on getting your bow fixed. I know it can be very frustrating when they are not shooting right. I also know what you mean about the wife not getting too excited about it. They just don't get it. I keep trying to get her to shoot with me to see what it is all about. She just won't give it a try yet.[:@] Maybe someday.

A years worth of tuning frustration = 1 loose screw?

Nice.[:-]

Maybe a little bit of a loose screw behind the bow too!

I can't figure out how I missed it for so long. I've been all over that bow several times and never noticed it.

Don't you just hate that. Countless hours of tuning and tinkering and it ends up being something little. arrrggghhhh...[:@]

my patriot did the same thing. i could feel something in the draw, like a creeking with no sound. finally figured out what it was and ended up having to glue it in because the set screw wouldn't hold it.

Sad thing is the same thing happened to a buddy's Feather Max a couple of years ago and we noticed it right away.....I wasn't so fortunate, but now it's fixed and I'm happier than a pig in $h!t! I will be putting a drop of locktite on that set screw and making sure to check it occaisionaly just incase. The cable gaurd itself is epoxied in, but it still wiggles without the set screw. I thought about epoxying the .010" clearance gap, but with my luck the dang thing would snap and I wouldn't be able to remove it.....I'm lucky like that!

Good one!!![8D][8D][8D]

i know it's frustrating, but, at least it wasn't something that ruined the bow! And it didn't cost a lot to fix it. Congrats