MATHEWS BOW BUILD - PART 6 - How To Check Cam Timing On Your Bow

[@chandlt]

Perfect from the factory - check! But what if it isn’t? We are not watching your video because our bows are perfect. Cmon man.

[@Ryan.Willis]

I’ll add the line they should have: “If the timing wasn’t perfect you add a twist to the cable on the cam that is hitting FIRST.”

[@greekmaster1001]

Can you make a video after the strings stretching and cam synch is needed and how to do it correctly? Thank you

[@GOHUNT]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@justis87]

Informative videos guys, but would love to see a bow that isn't perfect from the factory! What does wrong look like and how to adjust to fix issues for us who have never seen it firsthand would be more educational.

[@GOHUNT]

Awesome suggestion. We think that would be very helpful and is definitely something we would like to do in the future. Thanks!

[@justis87]

@@GOHUNT Appreciate it and loving the series!

[@robertfazekas4607]

Hi! On my Mathews V3 27 my cam rubbing against my bus cable, how can I sort it out?? Any suggestions appreciated. Kind regards Robert

[@kevinlastname7001]

Can you post a video on how to adjust cam lean and timing on the VXR? Thanks !

[@F22Ra]

So what would you do if your strings weren’t in line on a Mathews bow? Change top hats?

[@davebarnett3101]

That could definitely warrant a top hat change. Personally, On a binary type cam bow, I may check cam lean but I won't make any serious changes or movements until the bow has been properly set up and shot through paper. Bows of these designs are enginerred with some degree of cam lean accounted into the geometries and sometimes the bow will shoot just fine. With this cam system, if I'm not getting a clean shooting arrow with my rest set dead center on center shot, or very close, then I will make a top hat change. Thanks for checking out the video!

[@Timberwolf4979]

What if the draw stop is favoring the edge of cable and not hitting in center. I have that problem on my vertix.

[@GOHUNT]

Bows are under a lot of pressure at full draw and a certain amount of cam lean is acceptable. The effects of this cam lean can be seen in a greater emphasis as the draw length and draw weight is increased. Still, this could lend itself to the need for a Top Hat change on the Mathews cam system. My first step would be to evaluate how the bow is shooting right now. With the center shot set perfectly am I seeing any tail kick while shooting through paper? If you're not having any tuning issues then you should be fine with some cam lean.

[@Timberwolf4979]

Ok Thanks I did have to switch the top hats around to get a bullet hole on paper.

[@Putuj_Igumane]

good video, but what you did not say, is what one should do and how how to do it if one of the modules touches first, i.e. which cable to add twist to or which cable to reduce twist on? Hundreds of videos out there, but NONE - literally none - is telling us actually how to correct wrong cam timing. Don't get me wrong, you show here a lot and it is good, but not THE essential part: how to correct wrong timing.

[@wrxified]

Couldn't you simply verify it through the cam timing holes on the cams themselves?

[@GOHUNT]

The timing holes on the Mathews cams are excellent for quick checks. Still, a draw board will always be the best way to ultimately check cam timing in its entirety. Even very small differences in timing can make a huge impact in arrow flight and the visual reference provided by the cams is just not tight enough to see the ‘fine hairs’. Thanks for watching. -Dave

[@johntidwell1406]

Dude that was not helpful at all.

[@GOHUNT]

Thanks for your feedback John. Best of luck this season.

[@blevinsbulldog1]

if your d loop breaks you have just dry fired your bow.

[@GOHUNT]

That would be correct.

[@blevinsbulldog1]

definitely should hook around string or have a safety device in place.

[@loyalninecoffee2024]

Sooo… if your bow is out of timing this video is not for you? Got it.

[@TomsonTheOne]

This video wasn't helpful at all. *holds arrow to cam* *sees that string is not perfectly aligned* *rotates arrow(!) to match string* "String is perfectly perpendicular and that's exactly what we are looking for." "Perpendicular" means intersecting at a 90° angle, by the way. Unless you are referring to the cam-axle perpendicular is not what you meant.