Bow noisy - tiller/brace height?

[jaarus]

My bow is shown above in the bow setup bit ^

W&W can only go up eh?
Hmmm

I must have misunderstood him then!

The limb bases stick out a touch when set up
Here is a rather pants drawing - hope you see what I mean!



Hmmm not sure how to actually pop the drawing straight on the site!

[buzz lite beer]

Observation was never a strong point of mine. That is a bad drawing !!! wind those suckers in quickly and definitely before you shoot again please !!

[jaarus]

Will do

So - seeing the now infamously bad drawing of a bow (hahaha) limbs at such an angle would through of off brace height would it not?

Could this be my noise culprit?



... Cheers for the replies by the way

[buzz lite beer]

Well I would assume as it's not designed to be shot like that it won't help matters. It would be an assumption at this stage that the effect of not having enough pretension (Brace height equivalent) on the limbs causing the limbs to move back and forth in the pocket after you shoot.

[jaarus]

That explains a lot

If I set it up and take it down again its fine.
HOWEVER, if I set it up and shoot for an hour or so, the bottom limb does not want to come out again!

Right that settles it - I am off to tighten the adjustment back to norms

Guess I will just have to guess where that is visually!

[Rik]

Some other sources of noise:
String material has been mentioned, but number of strands can also make a difference (suggested that fewer strands can be quieter). The construction of the string can also cause noise (less easy to be dfinitive about that).

Accessories can also be noisy, even when properly fastened down. You might not notice (for example) that the source of the noise was your sight, unless you shot some arrows without it.

[jaarus]

I did the changes so the limb adjustment bolt type thing has a 'weeny' gap as that seems to be where it should be
And man is it heavier to draw!

I moved my brace height to 21.5mm as well (manufacturers min recommended) compared to 23.5mm which is was at (manufacturers max setting)

We shall see

If no change then I may pop it back as think this may be too heavy for me to finish my usual shoot!

[jaarus]

FOLLOW UP

Well guess that was it
Either the limbs being adjusted so far or that mixed with the high brace height. But after lowering brace height to min and putting limb adjustment back to a visual zero - bow is quiet and scores improved by 30 points today in a Short National !! (457) though its probably psychological - not fearing the bow exploding anymore hahaha!

Thanks for all the help offered

Jaarus