Limb Damage

[johnno]

I hurt my baby .. :evil: when carrying it by the string I must have inadvertantly grazed the top limb on a rock...don't even remember doing the dastardly deed...but I now have a sliver about 3cm in lgth by about 1 ml wide and about 1 ml deep right on the edge of the limb about 14cm back from the cam... so as I guess I'm not the first to do this...what do I do... a good mate has suggested just cutting of the sliver..another suggestions has been "super glue" but not sure about this.. So guys some advice..I am concerned about the sliver further extending and further damaging the limb.. is it new limb time ??.. and Pat...no need for comments about "Bowtech limbs" etc..this was "pilot error" buddy. Thanks :D

[HOOD]

Johnno that sucks. I had my top limb on my Hoyt Magnatec do the same thing while shooting at the club last year.
I had a splinter about 2mm wide 25mm long and 1mm deep on the corner (top edge) of the limb. This happened while I was shooting. Spoke to a few of the club members that had experienced this sort of thing over the years. I was told to just cut off the splinter and give it a light sanding and then seal it with a good super glue. So I did this and used loctite 406. And am still shooting this bow today with out any ill side affects.
Mind you I was very very nervouse and cautious the first few times I shot it again.

Good luck with yours.

[johnno]

Thanks mate... pardon my ignoranace...but what did you use to cut it off...will a razorblade do ??

[HOOD]

Thanks mate... pardon my ignoranace...but what did you use to cut it off...will a razorblade do ??

I used a surgical scalple as I was told to use the sharpest thing I could find to make as clean a cut as possible. Mind you great care and time is needed to do this so as not to cut any more of the splinter/limb then you have to.

[johnno]

Thanks bud...greatly appreciated :D :D

[HOOD]

No problem at all.
The reasson I was given for having to remove the splinter was that if you just glue it back down chances are that it will come away again and possibly make the damage even worse again.
Good luck with the pending surgery :wink:

[aussiehunter]

johnno i am shocked u would say such a thing :? :?

i might not be a lover of bowtechs, but

i would never bash a blokes misfortune??

what i was going to say though,how old is the bow?? no chance of a warranty claim??

hope it all works out for ya...sincerely :)

pat :)

[johnno]

G'day Pat... mate the bow is about 4 months..doubt a "warranty claim" as "human error" but I have run it by the good folk at Archery Supplies and I'll see what transpires. Both Hood and good mate have suggested "Loctite 401" (meant to be stronger than "Loctitte 406") So if the claim falls through might give that a whirl. BTW does anybody know with Bowtech if you can buy just one limb or are they only sold in sets. Thanks :D :D

[Wareagle]

They come in pairs, I found it best to snap the splinter off, than taper the limb back towards the break.

[NormGunston]

Take it to Beaurepairs.

[johnno]

Norm

Take it to Beaurepairs.

What the ???

[aussiehunter]

johhno,u have to excuse poor old norm at times..

.he goes off in another tanget :D :D

but hes a good bloke :D :D

a little too much sake tonight norm????

pat :wink: :wink:

[Dale Furze]

Very clever Ant, I like it! :lol:

Johno, I had the same trouble with 2 consecutive sets of Maverick limbs, after the 3rd set of warranty limbs did the some thing, I just taped it up with some black nitto tape to stop it from 'lifting' and have never thought of it again, that was 6 years ago :shock: . Still shooting like a trooper!

[johnno]

OK sunk in...very good :D :D

[NormGunston]

Johnno (and all) please pardon my extremely immature sense of humour. Comes from working with kids- that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! :wink:
From the various opinions, it appears as though the splinter shouldn't cause too much trouble, common sense- keep an eye on it but don't be paranoid. Best luck with it!
Ant (hiccup!- that was Coopers- sake is the devil's drink!)

[Warlocke]

A sliver of limb composite can be glued back down onto the limb again with no further problems.

I have done this a couple of times with older bows that don't have a full thickness fracture.

A lot of the newer limbs are laminations, which is a number of layers glued together, so glueing a sliver with Loctite 401 would have the same results.

The only time you would have to worry is if the fracture were all the way through a number of the limb laminations then you would need an urgent limb replacement.

[johnno]

Thanks Warloke..that was the response I was sort of hoping for !! Really didn't want to be breaking off the sliver or otherwise defacing the bow (its far too pretty :roll: ) and certainly didn't want to have to fork out for set of new limbs. Thanks again mate !! :D :D

[Wareagle]

Gorden glass limbs...well...I guess its worth a try.

[johnno]

Well the Loctite 401 seems to have done the trick....just a little warning..don't use latex gloves when using it...it rips the latex off :roll:

[HOOD]

Well the Loctite 401 seems to have done the trick....just a little warning..don't use latex gloves when using it...it rips the latex off :roll:
LMAO :lol: