By Nathan Stokes
From Syracuse, NY
Apr 26, 2009
| A Trigger kit exactly what you need. It comes with directions, all you need is a pair of side cutters and some pliers. | 
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By Greg D
From Redgardentown, Co
Apr 26, 2009
| I've had great luck with kevlar. You can get it in the Salomon shoe lace repair kit at REI for about 7 bucks. And its good for several cams. Only problem, since it has no rigidity, you can only use is for one of the two cables per cam.
Thread the cord through one lobe hole. Tie an overhand knot. Smush it with a hot piece of metal. Then thread it through the trigger. Repeat step one on the other lobe. |
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By Aaron Martinuzzi
From Fort Collins, CO
Apr 26, 2009
| Greg D wrote: Only problem, since it has no rigidity, you can only use is for one of the two cables per cam.
i've got a couple cams that could use wire repair, as well, and i like the sound of this. however, greg, why can't you use the kevlar cord for both wire replacements? i'm thinking that the trigger bar would have a tendency to slide up the cam, but my DMM's already have floating trigger bars (they travel freely up and down the wire). would the kevlar effect be much different?
on another note, does anyone have any experience using the camalot wire kits on non-BD camming units? DMM charges $20 a cam for wire repair, and i'm trying to avoid going that route. |
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By Sirius
From Oakland, CA
Apr 27, 2009
| A friend of mine used some burly floss thinking it'd be a short term fix, two seasons ago. |
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By sean connors
Apr 27, 2009
| I've always had good luck with weed-wacker line. |
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By Greg D
From Redgardentown, Co
Apr 27, 2009
| Aaron Martinuzzi wrote: i've got a couple cams that could use wire repair, as well, and i like the sound of this. however, greg, why can't you use the kevlar cord for both wire replacements?
On bd camalots, if you used something soft and flexible on both sides, the trigger could rotate/twist possibly making it harder to access/retract. Not sure if this would be the case on other cams like DMM. |
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By rob bauer
Apr 27, 2009
| I can't even find trigger kits for some of my cams, so I've been using tennis racquet string for years. You melt a small blob for a low profile stop against the cam, thread the trigger and cam and melt a blob at the right length on the other side with a lighter. Works great. Cheap, light and easy. Sounds identical to the weed wacker string, but I don't remeber that choice when I started. A sporting goods shop will probably give you enough scraps to do the job. |
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By Nathan Stokes
From Syracuse, NY
Apr 27, 2009
| I had Nomad Ventures repair an old WC tech friend with a busted wire. They clipped the old swage off the stiff part of the trigger and swaged a new piece of braided wire where it runs through the trigger. The wire looks stainless, the swage is copper. It seems to work fine. A new trigger kit from BD is 4.95 for single stem camalots and IIRC it has enough to repair both sides of 1 Camalot if not 2 full repairs. IME in North Conway stocks them, you can order them direct from BD also. |
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