Do those of you who regularly shoot Bear TD's maintain the little pads on the ends of the limbs? If so, what do you replace them with when they go away? Also, the pad on the latch...is it necessary? What do you do when it goes bad? I know it is easy to replace this with moleskin and color with a MarksALot, but do I really need to? Not to preserve collector quality, but for shooting, hunting, noise, limb alignment for accuracy, etc. Please only respond if you shoot a Bear TD regularly. Thanks, MB

There should not be any pads on the limbs. The limb seats directly to the metal lip of the socket. There is a rubber bumper pad in the fiser socket. The pads on the bracket can be replaced with leather if needed. In the 45 years I have owned Bear Mag tds the only pad I ever replaced was from a riser I got from some one else. I have glued them back in place a time or two.

I don't replace mine

I have not had to replace the two small ones in the socket yet on either riser. The little leather pieces on the latch I used some thin leather I have for making grips. As for noise I found I had noise coming from the locator screws. Not on all limbs but I tried putting wax on them which did not seem to help all the time. So I removed the screws, a common solution according to other owners as well.

Thank you for the responses. My TD is relatively new and hasn't been shot much, but it is so much quieter than the bow I normally shoot that I intend to hunt with it this year. The pads on the ends of the limbs have fallen off and I can't tell any difference. The leather on the latches got a bit loose and I pulled both of them with a Bear spring arm quiver (looks really cool on the bow!)as I was learning how to put it on and take it off. I could replace the latch pads easily, but I wanted to know if it mattered, or if I should just clean up the latches and use the bow without the little pads.

Metal on the latches might scratch the limbs where the pads were if you don't replace them.

I've had mine 45 years i hunt with it every year never had a problem!

Bought mine used a few years back, there were no pads on it at all. It clicked when drawing, and the bottom limb was kinda loose when unstrung. I put soft side of Velcro on the latches and that eliminated the noise and slop, she shoots great, my favorite Bow!

I came in possession of a nice B handle, mid 90's I think. A very quiet bow to shoot.. But, it has a distinct "click" or "pop" of the limbs when I draw..

I guess I need to inspect the latches.

The latches, or there could be some play (from wear) between the limb butts and the limb pocket. The metal risers I have have small inset rubber cushions to hold the limb tight in the pocket, but the wood riser I have doesn't have this feature. A couple of thin felt pads, either on the back or belly of the limb at the base will take up the slack and quiet the bow.

Woodsman removing the index pin solved my clicking problem per Raghorns suggestion.

I have a noise when I first assemble the bow and shoot it. When going to hunt shoot an arrow first. After that I do not get any noise. I was told it was limbs settling in? This also happens with another TD (not Bear) so maybe that is a correct assumption. Enjoy your bow!

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