Yep, you're right.  Hadn't thought of the spring tension.  However, the
relative values across the wiper spectrum would still yield some useful
info, I think.  Additionally, if the AFM is new, presumably there would be a
preset factory tension on the spring that would not vary terribly much from
one unit to the next - so those of us with AFM's not yet tampered with
(spring tension unchanged) could still make a helpful comparison before we
try our own adjustments.

----- Original Message -----
From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: AFM values

> A small caveat -- the presence of both wiper-position and spring-tension
> adjustments suggests that the absolute resistance values might be somewhat
> variable.
>
> david
>
>
>
> At 10:33 AM 4/3/2001, James Creech wrote:
> >lost his email address.  My interest, which I think many of us would
> >share, is to know from someone who has a new AFM and done the
> >measurements, what are the actual resistance values at the various places
> >in the wiper rotation?
>
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>   http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"