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Post by XMan on Mar 29, 2007 18:50:05 GMT -4
What's the proper position for single cam and dual cam?
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Post by bfisher on Mar 30, 2007 7:31:20 GMT -4
Pertaining to what. In essense cam lean means that the force being applied sideways to the wheel by the cable guard is twisting the limb out of alignment with the riser. Asthe bow is drawn the force is multiplied and becomes worse. As the bow is shot the cam rolls over, and not being in line with the riser, makes the string oscillate sideways. Simply put, it's flopping from side to side.
The proper position for the cam on any bow should be in a direct and parallel alignment with the riser. With dual cam bows and static yoke cables this can be achieved by twisting one side of the cable yoke as desired.
With most single cam bows it cannot as there is no yoke attached to the bottom limb. If the cam is leaning due to the stress put on the limb by the cable guard then you are basically stuck with what ya got. Then there is the issue of the cam being offset in the bottom limb and the idler being in the middle of the top limb and there is no way that the string can run parallel to the riser. It actually angles from top to bottom. The idler wheel, if leaning, can be brought into alignment by twsisting one side of a static yoke, but should not be aligned with the riser. It needs to be changed so that the string tracks off it in a direct path to the cam on the bottom limb.
You really want a better explaination of cam lean and it's effects then log onto Spott Hogg's website and read letter #5 (I think). This, to me, brings forth one of my pet peeves with single cam bows and the reason I don't care to shoot them anymore.
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