I recall being told that the actual readings are not important, but that
they should be linear, without any drops, which would indicate a worn spot.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of Harold Teer
|Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 1:30 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: AFM test readings
|
|Thanks to Jarrett Kupcinski, I have acquired a spare AFM and
|am attempting to understand the testing as detailed in Bentley
|on page 24.57
|
|Since I now have a spare to work with, I have compared the
|measurements between 3 & 4 and 1 & 4 between the original and
|spare and receive essentially the same readings.
|
|My question concerns the measurement between terminals 2 & 3
|--- Bentley says the value should be a resistance change when
|the air sensor flap is moved
|
|But, does it matter what the range of change looks like?  It
|it starts out as .55 but changes to a high of 1.5 somewhere
|along the movement of the flap, is that better than a high
|value of 1.2 or even a high value of .6 since any of those
|would provide a resistance change.
|
|Or, should I be looking at values when the flap is fully
|opened?  Or should I be looking for some other variance?
|
|Thanks for helping me understand this.
|
|Harold
|
|Harold Teer
|1991 Westy -- VANGAUX
|Harrisonburg, VA