Peep sight adjustment

[Rob]

I put a G5 Meta peep sight on my bow the other day at Tims Archery in Chase, this was to replace my tubing sight(or whatever its called). Anyway, I needed to do some adjustments at the range today because my arrow wasnt sitting true so I slid my D-loop down a hair but know my rear sight is not lining up. wondering what the procedure is for fixing it. Thanks, Rob

[Bowzone_Mikey]

rear sight ...meaning peep ...?

chances are your d-loop is real fricken tight and twisted on the string slightly .... so when you draw the original twist is off by close to 1/4 turn

I personally would take the loop off or loosen it and reinstall .....However I am willing to bet that you dont have that many twists in your string .... probally about 4 or 5 rotations over the whole length ... I put a few more in to totally lock the peep in place when you draw the bow ... more twists usually means the peep wont twist as its drawn ...

[Rob]

I had no problem with the peep untill I adjusted the D-loop, and yes it was on there tight.

[Bow Walker]

Any time you adjust stuff that's on the string by sliding it up or down - even just a bit - you're twisting the string a bit more and screwing with the alignment of things like peeps and d-loops.

Slide your peep up or down and it alters the string so that now your d-loop is out of kilter and will likely twist the peep out of true when you're at full draw.

BZM has the right advice - loosen up on the d-loop before you change its position, and adding a few twists to the string is a good thing to do because after a few hundred shots your string will relax quite a bit.

Hopefully you have a bow press (or access to one) and you can do the adjustments easily.

[Rob]

Ill play with it tonight. I can see where having a press would be very handy! Thanks Rob

[Bow Walker]

This is one of the best investments that you can make if you plan on doing any of your own bow maintenance.

[Rob]

Great idea. $45 through Cabelas isnt to bad either. Although another $45 for a split limb bow. Definitely will come in handy. Rob

[Ambush]

Great idea. $45 through Cabelas isnt to bad either. Although another $45 for a split limb bow. Definitely will come in handy. Rob

Rob, and other past-parallel limb bow owners. CHECK your manual for warranty coverage before using any press.You may not use the Bowmaster press on the Bow Madness, or your limb warranty is void.
I have a Bowmaster that works well on my Mathews Drenalin. I also have a home made version of the Ratchet-Loc press. Neither works on my Bow Madness.You can buy a new adapter for past-parallel limb bows, [ not to be confused with the split limb adapter pictured above] but PSE's website warns specifically against using it.
But it's your bow and your business
I finally just built a linear press to cover it all.

[Ike]

Rob,

Ambush is right, PSE X-Force bows are not recommended for portable presses like the bowmaster (even with the split limb adapter). When he goes into business selling his linear press I will be in line for one. (hint hint)

For minor string work or changing a string (but not cables) on the X-Force bows you can get PSE's pocket press, which is really a cable with hooks on the end and two harnesses that attach to the cams, and it holds your bow in a slight draw so you can work with the string. It is cheap and well worth the $$ for things like you wan to do.
Check it out as there are two different models for different bow lengths.

Cheers

[Rob]

Rob, and other past-parallel limb bow owners. CHECK your manual for warranty coverage before using any press.You may not use the Bowmaster press on the Bow Madness, or your limb warranty is void.
I have a Bowmaster that works well on my Mathews Drenalin. I also have a home made version of the Ratchet-Loc press. Neither works on my Bow Madness.You can buy a new adapter for past-parallel limb bows, [ not to be confused with the split limb adapter pictured above] but PSE's website warns specifically against using it.
But it's your bow and your business
I finally just built a linear press to cover it all.

Thanks for the heads-up! P.S How do you like the bow madness?