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Repair of Rough Latches That Eat Servings
The serving on your bow should easily last over on hundred shots and up to a few hundred shots if everything is perfect. Sometimes the serving gets damaged or worn early and here are some things that can cause it.
The first one is damage to the serving that you'll see that coincides with the edges of the rail or deck. It is caused by the operator "over cocking" or pulling past the point of the bow being cocked. It can be prevented by not cocking too far and minimized by breaking the sharp edge of the end of the string slot. Using a small knife blade you can slowly carve off the sharp edge.
The other way the string can be damaged is by rough latches. This damage obviously coincides with where the latches grab the serving and is more prominent on the right side. Very little roughness is needed to damage servings and the higher poundage bows suffer more. Anything less than a perfectly smooth surface on the latches will accelerate serving wear dramatically! For those who shoot a couple of arrows to verify the point of impact and then a couple more when hunting you may not notice it. If you are an arrow junkie like me and shoot several hundred shots a year you may see it in as many as 50 shots and have to replace the serving within 100 shots. This is not necessary and can be prevented by following the instructions below. But my first recommendation is to contact the shop where you bought the bow to have it repaired by the factory or factory warranty depot.
Tools needed;
One quarter inch wide strips of "sandpaper" in 3 grades.
15 micron (1,000 grit)
5 micron (2,500 grit)
.5 micron (9,000 grit).
The backing on these abrasives are suitably tough to do the job and can be ordered from Lee Valley Tools. Do not buy the adhesive backed sheets (PSA).
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...04&cat=1,43072
One and a half inch wide masking tape about 6" long.How To Do It
Place the tape all the way back into the string slot as shown in the picture above to prevent anything from dropping into the trigger unit below. If anything drops into the trigger unit you can have an unsafe condition so pay attention when you are working on the bow and keep the bow pointed down so nothing can roll back and drop into the trigger unit.
Use an arrow to engage the latches as if the bow is cocked.
Starting with the most coarse grade of abrasive wrap around one of the latch fingers and start polishing for about 20 strokes and look at the rear surface of the latch. If you see a perfectly smooth surface then proceed to do the same thing with the next finer grade of abrasive. If it isn't perfect then cut another strip and go at it again. Do this as many times as necessary. You will need some kind of bright light to see the surface and you do one latch at a time. You want a perfectly smooth surface before continuing. Once the surface is perfectly smooth and without imperfections continue with the rest of the abrasives. You will end up with a mirrored surface and a serving that will last a few hundred shots. Do not forget to clean everything up with a Q-Tip and some paper towels.
I want to stress that if you are not 100% comfortable with this and or do not understand the procedure then send the bow back and have it done by someone authorized by the factory or the factory itself. If you are in the US contact Danny Miller at Horizontal Archery in Sardis, Ohio @740-483-2312. In Canada call Excalibur @1-800-463-1817
If you choose to do it yourself you are of course responsible for your actions good or bad.
The material I describe and suggest you use are very fine abrasives and if used properly cannot remove any real amount of material. Do not be afraid to do what I suggest but you must understand what is being done and what your target i
Repair of Rough Latches That Eat Servings
The serving on your bow should easily last over on hundred shots and up to a few hundred shots if everything is perfect. Sometimes the serving gets damaged or worn early and here are some things that can cause it.
The first one is damage to the serving that you'll see that coincides with the edges of the rail or deck. It is caused by the operator "over cocking" or pulling past the point of the bow being cocked. It can be prevented by not cocking too far and minimized by breaking the sharp edge of the end of the string slot. Using a small knife blade you can slowly carve off the sharp edge.
The other way the string can be damaged is by rough latches. This damage obviously coincides with where the latches grab the serving and is more prominent on the right side. Very little roughness is needed to damage servings and the higher poundage bows suffer more. Anything less than a perfectly smooth surface on the latches will accelerate serving wear dramatically! For those who shoot a couple of arrows to verify the point of impact and then a couple more when hunting you may not notice it. If you are an arrow junkie like me and shoot several hundred shots a year you may see it in as many as 50 shots and have to replace the serving within 100 shots. This is not necessary and can be prevented by following the instructions below. But my first recommendation is to contact the shop where you bought the bow to have it repaired by the factory or factory warranty depot.
Tools needed;
One quarter inch wide strips of "sandpaper" in 3 grades.
15 micron (1,000 grit)
5 micron (2,500 grit)
.5 micron (9,000 grit).
The backing on these abrasives are suitably tough to do the job and can be ordered from Lee Valley Tools. Do not buy the adhesive backed sheets (PSA).
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...04&cat=1,43072
One and a half inch wide masking tape about 6" long.How To Do It
Place the tape all the way back into the string slot as shown in the picture above to prevent anything from dropping into the trigger unit below. If anything drops into the trigger unit you can have an unsafe condition so pay attention when you are working on the bow and keep the bow pointed down so nothing can roll back and drop into the trigger unit.
Use an arrow to engage the latches as if the bow is cocked.
Starting with the most coarse grade of abrasive wrap around one of the latch fingers and start polishing for about 20 strokes and look at the rear surface of the latch. If you see a perfectly smooth surface then proceed to do the same thing with the next finer grade of abrasive. If it isn't perfect then cut another strip and go at it again. Do this as many times as necessary. You will need some kind of bright light to see the surface and you do one latch at a time. You want a perfectly smooth surface before continuing. Once the surface is perfectly smooth and without imperfections continue with the rest of the abrasives. You will end up with a mirrored surface and a serving that will last a few hundred shots. Do not forget to clean everything up with a Q-Tip and some paper towels.
I want to stress that if you are not 100% comfortable with this and or do not understand the procedure then send the bow back and have it done by someone authorized by the factory or the factory itself. If you are in the US contact Danny Miller at Horizontal Archery in Sardis, Ohio @740-483-2312. In Canada call Excalibur @1-800-463-1817
If you choose to do it yourself you are of course responsible for your actions good or bad.
The material I describe and suggest you use are very fine abrasives and if used properly cannot remove any real amount of material. Do not be afraid to do what I suggest but you must understand what is being done and what your target i
