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I changed the bearings out in my lower cam (Bear Traxx) today. It was first time removing a cam and doing anything like that.
Everything went well except the slimmest shim stuck to the cam and I didn't see it (looked like part of the bearning). As I'm looking at the cam to press out the bearings, this little shim hits the ground and I have no idea which side it went on/fell off of.
I had 1 thick and 1 medium width shim on each side and then this slim one (0.015 inches) had to go on one side or the other since there was only one.
The bow's e-clip barely went on the axle with the thin shim installed and I had to compress the limbs together with a hand vise to get it back on (I guessed which side and thought I'd switch it later if it didn't shoot the same). So, I ended up just removing the thin shim (keeping it) and put a thick and medium shim on each side. E-clip went right back on, there's no slop in the cam, and initial shots indicate the bow is quiet and nothing has changed for POI.
Would you guys even worry about this little shim or would you call the factory and try to get information out of them? (they haven't made this bow in 5 years). I'm thinking I'll forget about it until it warms up and if my left-right with bareshafts and broadheads has changed, then I'll consider installing it on whatever side corrects that. Is it normal to have to compress limbs like that to get e-clips back on? Bearings were fully seated and slide right in (I even pushed on them a bit with the hand vise with soft ends). It stinks this happened because I was very careful not to twist or untwist my strings so that I wouldn't change my tune (I didn't take it to a local dealer because I knew every one around here would take my strings off, slop them in the corner, and then put my bow back together and twist everything up the way they saw fit which would slightly change everything)
Everything went well except the slimmest shim stuck to the cam and I didn't see it (looked like part of the bearning). As I'm looking at the cam to press out the bearings, this little shim hits the ground and I have no idea which side it went on/fell off of.
I had 1 thick and 1 medium width shim on each side and then this slim one (0.015 inches) had to go on one side or the other since there was only one.
The bow's e-clip barely went on the axle with the thin shim installed and I had to compress the limbs together with a hand vise to get it back on (I guessed which side and thought I'd switch it later if it didn't shoot the same). So, I ended up just removing the thin shim (keeping it) and put a thick and medium shim on each side. E-clip went right back on, there's no slop in the cam, and initial shots indicate the bow is quiet and nothing has changed for POI.
Would you guys even worry about this little shim or would you call the factory and try to get information out of them? (they haven't made this bow in 5 years). I'm thinking I'll forget about it until it warms up and if my left-right with bareshafts and broadheads has changed, then I'll consider installing it on whatever side corrects that. Is it normal to have to compress limbs like that to get e-clips back on? Bearings were fully seated and slide right in (I even pushed on them a bit with the hand vise with soft ends). It stinks this happened because I was very careful not to twist or untwist my strings so that I wouldn't change my tune (I didn't take it to a local dealer because I knew every one around here would take my strings off, slop them in the corner, and then put my bow back together and twist everything up the way they saw fit which would slightly change everything)