Re-strung...too much poundage

[bowhunter223]

So my brother took his Bear bow into Sportsmans Warehouse in Midvale the other day and he had to leave it just to get it re-strung. (I guess they didn't have enough people in there or something...whatever.) Anyway, he calls them back after a day or two and they say that the string length was rubbed off the limb sticker so they put on a few close sizes. The guy told him that it was SO HARD TO DRAW AFTER replacing the string. Mind you this is a 50-60 lb. bow and he got 80 lbs. pull out of it. He said that he couldn't figure it out and didn't know what the problem was. I think it's ridiculuous. Sounds like he may have messed things up good. Anyone know what the problem is here and how we can get it fixed?
-223

 

[Boskee]

Sounds to me like you have way too much preload on your limbs. Call Bear Archery and give them model #, draw weight , draw length and they may be able to give you correct string & cable lengths. If your bow is really old you may have to get a custom set of strings and cables for it if you can't find correct lengths prepackaged. Good luck!

 

[ajensen83]

this could be very dangerous... those 60 pound limbs could literally blow up with all that preload tension... they messed things up... I would take it back and make them fix it... if not bring it in to Utah Archery Center and it will get taken care of

 

[Cookie2]

The string they put on it is a couple inches too long! I did it on purpose once with a golden eagle formula 3D. went from 80# to 102. Check the axles real good and don't shoot it again until you get the right length string on it.

 

[archerman]

DON'T use the sportsmans! Man, they jacked up 3 bows of mine and my families! Find a small reliable archery shop to do the work. Definately get it fixed before drawing that sucker again!
Archerman - Archery hunting addict!

 

[Bowtecher]

I agree with archerman.
They just higher anyone of the street and train them to do bow maintanance,most of them don't hunt with a bow.
I got sick of dealing with archery shops so I went out and bought a bow press and now I do my own work so I know the bow inside and out.