That looks like damage more so than a quality issue. Have to have a dealer call Mathews and ask.

 

Well you have a lot of limbs there. One or two broken ones should be no problem. 😅🤪

 

I dont think its damage . The surface was raised a little on those spots and i took my fingernail and started flaking off the camo then got to some spots that were fibers that started peeling.

 

Those are definitely impact points of some kind. A limb splinter will just start to lift. The second pic shows multiple impact points. That bow has been smacked around.

 

Top pic looks like damage at top of splinter, like limb hit something. A good dealer might help you out.

 

Don't know the background but looks like it was damaged. Not throwing shade but the OP but the bottom pic looks like it took a decent impact to that portion. I have had this impact compression damage. Looks just like it.

 

Caution needs to be used when pressing those limbs as the press figures below the protecting rubber will push on the limbs in about that same spot if using a Last Chance and do to the wide limbs it will twist a bit.
Need to turn the thumb screws down so the fingers point towards each other a fair distance and watch as you’re pressing the bow.

 

Anyone have or see issues w the phase 4 limbs? I had a friend come over to shoot and he needed his peep turned and when I went to go twist the string I saw a spot on both Top limbs that look to be delaminating.
How about any ideas on how fast Mathew’s would replace these? Hopefully limbs aren’t backordered till next year.

I just measured where the Last Chance fingers would press against the limbs on my new Title and it in the 2” down from the black mounts of the limb tips.
I know it’s not the Phase4 but had a buddy’s on the press yesterday and due to the past horizontal design of the limbs it will hit. And by the looks it appears both spots on both limbs are from the fingers being to one side of the limbs pressing on the limbs.

 

I see just what you are talking about with the press fingers and how they can hit. It'll go to a dealer tomorrow and see what they say.
thanks for the input and advice.

 

Stumbled across a thread on another site bowsite.com that the posted had his phase 4 slip out of the press, one of the press fingers slipped off the mounting rod supposedly...guy really didn't know how it happen, he had removed the axles. Looking very similar.

 

That looks exactly like this one, I just pulled most the camo off w my nail because it was still kinda attached.

 

I agree it looks like press damage. The likelihood of a random break on both sides in the same spot is pretty slim. There was someone on here a little while back that broke their limbs on a v3x (i think) with a press when the fingers were not adjusted correctly. It broke the limbs exactly in that same spot.

I had never owned a Mathews before and I had just bought a Phase 4 when I saw his post. I hate that it happened to him but it did make me aware of the need to adjust the fingers on the press.

 

Looks like it slipped out of the press to me. Scraping the two limbs when it popped out.

 

I twist fingers all way down so the pitch way in towards each other. Fingers are no where close to touching the limbs on my P4. Not sure how that happens unless it is just pure carelessness

 

I twist fingers all way down so the pitch way in towards each other. Fingers are no where close to touching the limbs on my P4. Not sure how that happens unless it is just pure carelessness

I've heard that if you remove the axles in these new bows that it can be a problematic getting the axles back in due to the rubber dampener and having to go through 4 limbs instead of two. Now that's what I've read, whether it's true IDK, multiple limbs twisting slightly differently and slipping the axle rod in I could see it, then using too much force to shove it back in and something slips...ouch. Using a slave pin/punch to align it first and then tap the axle in while the slave punch gets bumped out maybe a better way to replace the axles.

 

I have pulled mine and they went back in with no issues.

 

Happened to me. a few weeks after I got it. But the warranty was superb. I was shooting in less than a week. They overnighted the limbs to my dealer.

Please keep in mind, if you forget your bow inside your car on a hot day, this will damage your limbs like crazy and often will result with the limbs splintering like this. Do not keep your bow inside the car in the summer!

Anyone else have issues with P4?

Had the bow for about 3 weeks. This is my first Mathews. Does their warranty have a quick turnaround? I have a shoot in a month. When my Hoyt blew up on me it took 2 months to get parts in, and they refused to warranty it.

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Part of the reason Im sticking with my VXR and V3X. Im not saying the Phase 4 isnt a great bow, but the rubber in between and twice as many (and thinner width wise) limbs just seemed like it would be a problem at some point. Maybe not at a year, but at some point. Whatever advantage they provide, if any, isnt worth continuing down this road.

People may upgrade bows due to speed, comfort, cam systems, mod system, the bridgelock cutouts etc. I dont think anyone gives 2 craps about this 8 limb design and many people seem to being staying skeptical about it. Theyd have sold just as many bows by just adding the stabilizer bridgelock system. The 8 limb rubber just seems like a marketing gimmick that didnt pan out as far as interest.