Camalot Spring Repair

I have a Camalot (0.3) with a broken spring. The connection between the spring and the cam head seems to have broken. I've never seen that happen. Can it be repaired or is this headed to the trash bin?

One of mine pitched off about 300', as a result, one spring wire popped out of the lobe it was attached to. I was able to get the pliers from my leatherman and pop it back in the tiny hole. Let me tell you it was a pain in the ass. I tried other pliers and none of them had the profile needed to get in there to negotiate in such a small space.(it was a .5) Now, if it sheered where the wire bends at a 90º into the lobe you probably can't fix it.

Maybe BD will be cool and repair it for a cost. Or maybe pro-rate you on a new one depending on how used it was.

I emailed BD earlier today and they got back to me pretty quickly. I'll be sending it to them. Very helpful. I'm pretty sure the spring broke at the 90 degree bend into the lobe so repair is all but impossible.

vanishing spy wrote:I emailed BD earlier today and they got back to me pretty quickly. I'll be sending it to them. Very helpful. I'm pretty sure the spring broke at the 90 degree bend into the lobe so repair is all but impossible.

Just got my cams back from getting re-slung by BD, and here is the break down.

Re-sling jobs run $5.00 per cam.

Trigger/Spring repair is $10.00 per cam.

Turn around time for my re-sling was 7 business days, but I live in SLC. So simply add in shipping time for your's depending on your location in the US.

I know this thread is almost ten years old, but I think I'm having the same problem with one of my cams, the spring has popped out of the little hole. I got it back in (not easy!) and it was fine for awhile, but has popped out again. It's on the right-hand lobe in the picture below. BD is telling me it can't be fixed -- anyone have any ideas how to save it?

Thanks!

Alex

Squeeze that 90 degree bend so it's tighter, then re-insert it.

I had that happen to two (!) of my purple camalots recently. You just have to put the spring wire end back in its hole and make sure it's seated well. Easiest is to first get the inner cam lobe out of the way by bending it 90 degrees and putting a pen/chopstick/similar in the lobe hole. Then use needlenose pliers to get the spring end back in the outer lobe. A little fiddly but not too bad.

Thanks both! Got it back in, now just hoping it stays put