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Ian_Owen

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I'm in the process of dismantling and cleaning my Farley rest (long overdue), what lube do you use when reassembling??? Also what tension do you use on the tension screws??......Ian
 
If you do a search on this site for farley rest disassembly yoou will find this reply from Butch Lambert. It is the best post I have seen on the subject.
Butch Lambert
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Joel Kendrick has modified several Farleys. The first thing to do is disassemble the rest top thoroughly and clean. Put teflon or UHMW tape on the front of the front sliding plate. The front sliding plate bears or rubs on the main rest housing. I like synthetic racing bicycle wheel bearing grease. Apply the grease to the front sliding plate. The older Farley's had 2 square .250 keys that worked between the 2 sliding plates. Replace the keys with 2 round .250 pins. Be sure to lube the pins. Replace the tension screws with the Shadetree Engineering screws. Lube the buttons with the above mentioned grease. You need to also lube the adjustable plate that bolts to the bottom of the res top that slides in the back sliding plate. I don't remove the boot but I do take the screws out and let it float. The easiest way to adjust the tension screws for me is to set a 10lbs. weight on the bag plate and vigorously operate the stick slowly tightening the tension screws. When the screws are tight enough to hold the 10lbs. weight it will then easily hold a 17lbs rifle. You need to shoot without having your fingers in contact with the handle.
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Tony Gauthier said:
If you do a search on this site for farley rest disassembly yoou will find this reply from Butch Lambert. It is the best post I have seen on the subject.
Butch Lambert
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Joel Kendrick has modified several Farleys. The first thing to do is disassemble the rest top thoroughly and clean. Put teflon or UHMW tape on the front of the front sliding plate. The front sliding plate bears or rubs on the main rest housing. I like synthetic racing bicycle wheel bearing grease. Apply the grease to the front sliding plate. The older Farley's had 2 square .250 keys that worked between the 2 sliding plates. Replace the keys with 2 round .250 pins. Be sure to lube the pins. Replace the tension screws with the Shadetree Engineering screws. Lube the buttons with the above mentioned grease. You need to also lube the adjustable plate that bolts to the bottom of the res top that slides in the back sliding plate. I don't remove the boot but I do take the screws out and let it float. The easiest way to adjust the tension screws for me is to set a 10lbs. weight on the bag plate and vigorously operate the stick slowly tightening the tension screws. When the screws are tight enough to hold the 10lbs. weight it will then easily hold a 17lbs rifle. You need to shoot without having your fingers in contact with the handle.
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I did the Butch Lamert process, works great, I used a high quality synthetic, water proof grease. I put 14#s of lead on the rest top and adjusted the screws evenly to hold that weight. After the first use I needed to readjust the tension screws after they worked in the grease.

Dan
 
Thanks for the information.

I dismantled and cleaned everything then put teflon tape on the sliding plate and lubed everything during reassembly..........now after assembly using Butch's tension screws I find that the rest will support 10-15lbs with NO tension on the tension screws. If I change the tension screws back to the original screws it acts the same.

I know I need some tension on the screws but with 1/2 a turn of each screw using the original tension screws the rest will support just over 20lbs before a wee touch will make the handle move. Most of my resistance seems to be in the pivot points for the handle.

Is there something wrong?? Or is this normal??.......Thanks, Ian
 
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