Locator screw on Bear handle

[bswear]

Whats the real deal on these screws?  Bear says don't shoot without them, but many on here say take them out if the limb won't go on.  What do they do?
If I have to get the limb on with the screw in place  how do I fix it?  Make the screw smaller or the limb hole bigger?  Is there an easy way to see where the interference is? Maybe a piece of masking tape or something?

Same set of limbs is fine on an A handle but bottom one is no go on new B handle.

Thanks in advance!

[raghorn]

The screw is only there to prevent swapping the top and bottom limb. You can take it out. Or take the screw out and grind the head slightly smaller or replace with a smaller head screw.
The newer Bear limbs have a brass bushing in the limb butt which interferes at times.

[bearmagtd]

You can try putting the top limb screw in the bottom and see if that works. Or just cuck it in a drill and take some sand paper and slowly  make it a little smaller. Or like Ron said just take it out and shot it without the index screw.

[raghorn]

If you swap the top and bottom limbs the tiller will be off. The top limb is lighter than the bottom limb. The screw is only needed for that reason. Find a smaller screw, grind the screw head, remove the screw, drill out the limb...it's that simple. The screw its self does not affect tiller. The groove in the limb butt aligns the limbs.

[bswear]

I switched top and bottom screws, not the limbs.

[d. ward]

well actualy on the later green tip limbs you can swap top with bottm and it won't matter as both limbs were made from one piece of fiberglass 4 inches wide and then they were cut into two limbs.Not so true on the older model limbs bd

[Wade Phillips]

Ron -

My favorite is the Bear T/D that had two screws on both the top and bottom of the riser and two screw holes on both the top and bottom limbs.

You could put either limb in either socket.

[smokin joe]

I tried my B takedown without the screws and it was very noisy with a big "clunk" upon releasing. I put the screws back in and it was quiet again. My guess is that some bows need the screws to be quiet and some don't. My greenstripe B clearly needs them. I have not tried this experiment with my other Bear TDs -- no need or desire to.
Your results may vary.