Adjusting draw weight

[Nasorean]

Hello,

Thank you for this excellent forum. I have learned a lot already just reading through it.

My wife and I are new to archery. I used to shoot quite a bit about 20 years ago so I do remember a "little."

I bought her a new bow and am adjusting the draw weight for her down to 30 pounds. As I back off the bolts, I am concerned that when they reach their min value, do the bolts come off (and the bow fly apart) or do the bolts have some kind of a stop mechanism to they can't be removed?

Thanks so much for your assistance,
Jim

[marty]

No stop. They just unwind. Be careful, that's all.

The manufactures have plenty of travel built in though.

[Nasorean]

Thanks marty,

How do you know when you are about at the end?

Jim

[marty]

Thanks marty,

How do you know when you are about at the end?

Jim

You back them until they spring out then you go in half a turn. :lol:

Seriously though, I wouldn't go much below the recommended limb weight range. Another indication is when you see the end of the limb outside of the limb pocket you have gone too far.

The safest way is to put bow in a press, remove the string and cable(s), and take the bow out of the press. Unscrew the limb bolts all of the way, then turn them back in a turn and put the string and cables back on.

[James Park]

I would definitely have them screwed in more than one turn. I would use at least four turns, as otherwise you just have a tiny bit of thread holding the whole bow weight and it could easily sheer off. That would be excessively ugly!
Usually, the bow manufacturers will have a limit on the number of turns you can undo the limb bolts from fully done up. I think about four turns from fully done up is something like what they recommend (and for excellent reasons). Generally this will correspond to about a weight change of around ten pounds.

[marty]

I would definitely have them screwed in more than one turn. I would use at least four turns, as otherwise you just have a tiny bit of thread holding the whole bow weight and it could easily sheer off. That would be excessively ugly!


Yes, you are right. One turn isn't enough.

[Eberbachl]

Jim is right, the bow manufacturers recommend only four turns out for good reason :) The last thing you want is the bow to blow up because you unscrewed it too far :cry:

If you really want to know how much you have to play with, put your bow in a bow press and relieve all of the tension. You can then count how many turns out from the bottom until each limb bolt releases. This will let you know exactly how much thread you have. It's nice peace of mind to have this info, but I still woudln't go out too far.... :wink: