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Diamond Infinite Edge Pro fletch striking cable solution.

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#1 ·
The thread I came across regarding this issue is an old thread, and a note suggested I start a new one or this might not get seen. My fix.......

I recently purchased a new Infinite Edge Pro with it's highly adjustable draw weight as a strength rebuilder, after shoulder surgery. With the bow tuned including paper tuning, the fletching was striking the cable and the only option was to turn the nock to get enough clearance. I made a work-around that others here might find beneficial. I bought a 12" piece of .375(3/8") 6061 aluminum round from the local Metal Supermarket, mounted in my drill and using a loop of sandpaper "milled" the dowel down to the diameter I needed to fit in the receiver hole. The original dowel mic'd at .371. I started @100 grit and ended with a polish of 500 grit. Inserted the rod in the riser and marked for full depth, then also at three inches from that same end. I put the rod in the vice at the 3" mark and made a bend. Using a straightedge along the length and measured to the insert depth mark, bending until I had 1/4" offset. I repositioned the rod in the vice to the insert depth mark, and bent the rod back the other way until the main body and the insert section were parallel. I cut the rod to the original's length, dressed the end round and because I couldn't find my aluminum blacking solution, I painted it black with a permanent marker. It works perfectly. If you don't need the full 1/4", you can turn the rod less than 90° to the riser and set it right where you want your clearance.
 
#2 ·
Not only does that sounds like a lot of work when just clocking the arrow slightly to avoid contact works just fine, I can't even envision what you manufactured. Where in the riser did you insert the rod?

As I said, simply clocking the arrow enough to gain clearance is actually the proper way to do things if the bow tuned properly.
 
#5 ·
Speaking of tuning...
How did you set your arrow centershot? You should have started with the arrow at 13/16" away from the riser by moving the rest left or right.
How were you cams leaning? Twisting one side of the yokes fixes the cam lean issue, i.e.: twisting up the right side yokes top and bottom moves your string to the left, away from the cables. Don't twist up too much or you'll derail the bow. At brace, the cams should be leaning inwards towards the cables just ever so slightly, and start tuning from there. Check your cams' timing making sure both draw stops hit the cables at the exact same time. If the top touches first, put half twist into the bottom yoke cable (where the yokes are attached to the bottom limb). Vice versa if the bottom touches first. Fine tune with half twists on both top, or bottom yokes, whichever ones need twisting up.

Great effort you made with that bent cable rod, but it was wholly unnecessary. The bow just needed to be tuned. I have one of these bows, myself, and tuned it up without needing to replace the cable rod with an offset one. Also, this bow comes with a crappy Hostage rest. Your arrows will almost never fly straight coming off that rest. I suggest changing it to a Trophy Ridge Sync rest for $50.
 
#6 ·
So many questions....

As others have said before this was a tuning issue not an equipment issue. However you could have easily bought an adjustable rod from many companies that would have fit that bow as it is possible the stock guide rod was bending in under tension from the improperly adjusted cams. I've seen it happen with many bargain bows including Bears. But a good tune usually fixes that issue.

Not trying to disparage your efforts or results, you definitely solved your issue your way and if you're happy than go do your thing.

In the future ask yourself if there's a simpler way maybe? To a common issue that has been solved many times before without having to reinvent the wheel.

Sometimes it helps to ask "should I?" Before "could I?"
 
#7 ·
Learn walk back tuning. Shoot at 20 then 40 see if your arrow is traveling more right or left at a distance. Then move the rest to make your 40 match your 20. The repeat 20 and 40 shots until they hit center. you will either find it impossible and need a different spine arrow, or fix your issue. There is better tuning ways but when your new learn this first lol.