cable and string tension?

[bruno]

Something that I have often wondered is how important it is to have equal tension on both of the cables and the string.
I have read a lot about cam timing,twisting and untwisting buss and control cables and strings with the affect this has on various aspects of a bow and its performance but have never seen mention of checking how equal the tension is after adjustment.surely if one or other of these lines are slacker than the others it will have a detrimental affect on the bow?
Does anyone check this?

[Bald Eagle]

I thought with Berry strings and cables this was a foregone conclusion!! All you "pro's" change your strings to Berry so this is not an issue!!

[Quadratus]

The answer to this depends on what type of setup you have, but since you talk about 'control' cables and 'buss' cables it sounds like a cam-and-a -half. If so, you need not worry about the relative cable tension. You can change the length of each cable separately but the tension is whatever it is, and whatever it is is fine. The same answer goes for conventional twin and solo cams, but not for 3-track 'X' cams where the tension of each of the 4 cables can be adjusted independently, and is important.

But it is important is to have the top cam as straight as possible. Provided you use, and have always used, a floating yoke this shouldn't be a problem, but if you use a fixed yoke (ie one cable with a 'Y' split) and the cam leans in one direction or another, you can improve matters by twisting up the appropriate side of the 'Y'.

[geoffretired]

Twisting and untwisting the cables is to get the cams into the correct positions relative to each other and to the manufacturer's specifications. When you twist or untwist one cable, any changes in the tensions, get spread out to the other cable as they are linked.The X cams are an exception as Quadratus said. That's because each of the two cables is made as a pair, one string for each side.