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when do you need to replace strings? just when they get ratty or annually or every other year or after a certain number of shots.

and on a single cam bow, is the string supposed to be served where it travels on the top round wheel?

thanks
 
I replace it when it creeps too much , and would take too many twists to put the bow back into spec . I only had one string do this , and it was a Zebra string .
I'll replace the string if I break a strand . I like strings made of 452X because they don't creep .
 
thanks for the reply. i did find an answer to my non served idler pulley on the pse forum. seems pse says it doesnt need serving, but some folks have seen fuzzing and have had it served. im seeing the same on mine with about 800 shots thru it.

i have never seen a bow with no serving where it touches a cam or pulley.
 
My PSE isn't served over the idler wheel either . It's more critical on the cam end where it rolls over the module at sharp angles . These are wear points .
 
I like serving on any area that will receive contact with other surfaces, except I don't serve for my cable guard. But I have never owned a single cam bow. So the round idler may not offer much friction.

I defer to Radar on this one.
 
It depends on the type of wheel too . My PSE has a wide groove with rubber . Some metal idler wheels may have sharper edges , therefore requiring serving to protect the string .
 
All of my single cam bows have winners choice strings and all are served over the idler wheel.
 
JayMc said:
All of my single cam bows have winners choice strings and all are served over the idler wheel.
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My Kodiak Outdoors , Mathews , and HCA are too . They have a narrow metal groove though .
 
Radar said:
It depends on the type of wheel too . My PSE has a wide groove with rubber . Some metal idler wheels may have sharper edges , therefore requiring serving to protect the string .
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my brute has a wide groove top wheel. the only thing that worried me was the angle of the string to the cable guide. but looking at it a little closer, that side of the pulley is cut to what looks like a 45 degree smooth relief and the other side to a 60 degree relief, which makes me feel better. and the fuzziness i was seeing is what appears to be wax after it rolls over the pulley. the string looks great after i smooth it with my fingers, even after several hundred shots. all my other bows had serving even on my round bows, was just wondering.

so here is my next question, do i need have a shop clean the wax out of the pulley? is there any danger of derailing the string off the pulley, or will the string just squeeze the wax out of the pulley?
thanks
 

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