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Re: Secrets of the AFM

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:06 am
by vwlover77
Drove it to work today. Smooooooooooooooth!!!!!! :cheers:

Re: Secrets of the AFM

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:45 am
by Amskeptic
vwlover77 wrote:Drove it to work today. Smooooooooooooooth!!!!!! :cheers:
hys·ter·e·sis   [his-tuh-ree-sis]
noun Physics .
1.
the lag in response exhibited by a body in reacting to changes in the forces,
2.
the phenomenon exhibited by a system, often an imperfectly elastic material, in which the reaction of the system to changes is dependent upon its past reactions to change.

The AFM wiper spring apparently reacts to certain tires' dynamic wind-up/release under the torque of acceleration.

Don, I remember very well the relief I felt the day I removed those hated factory-supplied Continentals from my Vanagon in 1990 and enjoyed my first smooth run through the gears in ages.
Colin

Re: Secrets of the AFM

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:43 pm
by Boxcar
great thread.

Re: Secrets of the AFM

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:18 pm
by Amskeptic
Boxcar wrote:great thread.
Sorry. We only accept compliments in the first 615 days after the last post, except for leap years where compliments are accepted for 617 days.
Da Management :blackeye: