Cleaning and overhauling the AFM...
... Is what I've been doing today. :)
I followed the details on this page: http://www.the944.com/afm.htm I decided to do this as I wondered if the reason I get intermittent response issues when I start to accelerate in the higher gears may be down to the metering being off a little. It's pretty straightforward to do - the hardest part is popping the black cap off the top of the meter, but once you've got it off you'll see this: http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s...internals1.jpg Taking off the rotor arm to clean it is just a case of slackening off the 7mm clench bolt on the back of the assembly. Then it slides off the shaft, and you can clean the potentiometer track http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s...internals2.jpg A you can see my meter had some well worn groves in it. http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s...internals3.jpg Once I'd cleaned everything I reassmbeled with the rotor arm positioned higher up and the contacts arms bent slightly down, moving the sweep in toward the centre of the meter http://greatoldone.squarespace.com/s...internals4.jpg I've checked the operation and i get a nice smooth response from the potentiometer. I also checked out the temp sensor in there as well, and it's fine. Now all I need to do is seal the lid back on and fit it back in Vikki. |
Nice, just don't play with the tension, I totally screwed my original one up doing that!
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Nice to see some old 1980's thick film technology in action!
IIRC the conductors and resistors were screen printed on a ceramic base before being fired in a kiln and then laser trimmed to the correct values. Did the Bosch AFM really need such precise resistor values? :noidea: |
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