Care and safety

Lube and care: Discovery

The Discovery's cables ride in slides, not on cams. Oil the hinges, but never oil the slides; wax them instead.

  • Difficulty Easy
  • Time 10 minutes
  • For 1 Oneida model

Oneida and FireBrand Discoveries.

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We're still double-checking this guide against how we do it in the shop. If anything doesn't match your bow, stop and text us or call 270-318-2020.

Before you start

  • Never oil or silicone-spray the three cable slides; it makes them noisy.

Steps

  1. Oil the hinge pins with a couple of drops each season before storage, when they get noisy, and after wet trips.
  2. Keep oil and silicone off the three slides.
  3. Wax the surfaces under each slide and between each cable and its slide.
  4. Wax the string and the cables near the slides.
  5. Look over the cables at the slides for wear.
  6. Check every cable sits in all three slides before drawing after any work.

Tips

  • Heavier arrows, tight accessories and brace height in range also quiet a Discovery. (Discovery Instruction Manual p.16)