I just bought a used Hoyt Excl riser with a couple of pairs of limbs for my wife. I never had a ILF bow before. Do you just stick the limbs on the riser and string it or do you have to tighten stuff down?

Thanks
Gil

Gil,

Stick the limbs in and tighten down, then turn out two turns.

String the bow, set the brace height, set the tiller, set the nock point and start shooting.

Mike

And after that you can just slip them right out by backing them out and lifting out of the little button do-hickey (the scentific term, you know)      No need to tighten and loosen again each time unless you want to change the weight or tiller a bit.

Thanks. The limbs felt so loose without the bow strung I thought I may have missed something.

Nope, that's the way they feel when unstrung--real floppy. Only thing I didn't like about ILF rigs.  Because of that floppy looseness you have to be sure every time you string it that the limbs are properly seated in the sockets.

You can get rid of the slop if you use limb bushings that fit the riser.

Use the set screws in the riser once you have the limbs where you want them...PR

Thanks again guys. I bought a inexpensive riser and two sets of limbs cheap. One set was a carbon foam set at 40# the other wood core. Boy the foam limbs are smooth and they appear very fast for the weight. I bought the carbon for $150 and the lighter wood core for $50. The riser was Hoyt Excel for $100. Both sets of limbs are Hoyt also. The riser and limbs seem like very good quality. Is ILF equipment generally this inexpensive? I see other ILF equipment for sale very reasonable too. I am a longbow shooter but my wife shoots a recurve. I was pleasantly surprised with the quality, performance and price of this equipment.  

Thanks again
Gil

Gil,

You are at the entry level of ILF equipment.  The prices can go up pretty high with the quality of the equipment.

ILF is a great system for being able to use different stuff together.

Mike