I need to be able to measure the spring pressure and rate of tiny
compression springs. Picture the spring that goes in one of those old
pens with the clicker on the end. It would be something very simliar
to that.
For those who need to know, these springs are used in carburetors, for
the power valve... and I want to be able to match an OE spring to the
ones avail in the aftermarket.
I ass-u-me that I would need some sort of super small measuring device
to measure the force of the spring at a certain height, then compress
it and read the force again, then do some math with the distance I
compressed the spring. Or... ????
I am familiar with the type of spring raters used in the automotive
world for valve springs, and suspension springs... now maybe that has
tainted my mental picture of the way this needs to be done with the
small stuff.
thanks in advance to any helpful folk.
- posted 15 years ago