Compound Bow Cable Slide Lube

Lube the cable slide.

Compound bow cable slide lube.

I just got my bow out to shoot target in the yard and the slide that the cables attach to on my bow seems very dry and kind of catches when i draw the bow. The roller glides up and down the rail without any sticking and the strings slide across the teflon string guides smoothly. Order custom made strings and cable sets or select from a complete inventory of recurve bow strings compound bow strings and traditional bow strings. Find the greatest selection of archery equipment archery supplies and archery products at lancaster archery supply the world leader in 3d and target archery since 1983.

I expect the new strings on my bow will last much much longer with the hyper glide on it. Hoyt suggests once every two weeks during peak use. Replacing strings is expensive. Use a high quality bowstring wax available at your local hoyt pro shop.

If you have a standard cable slide on your bow i highly recommend upgrading to the hyper glide. Twisting a cable will bring out of synch cams back together. If you have a single cam bow check with the manufacturer to find out how to determine proper cam position for your bow. Find the greatest selection of archery equipment archery supplies and archery products at lancaster archery supply the world leader in 3d and target archery since 1983.

Rail lube bow wax will keep your crossbow compound or traditional bow ready for the field providing a microfilm protection that prevents fraying of bowstrings and cables. The fix for cable stretch still will be to twist a cable. Hoyt recommends applying a light coat of bowstring wax to your bow s strings and cables on a regular basis. If they are out of synch accuracy will suffer.

Should i lube the slide. How often should i wax my bow strings.