Auto clunker sprongs

[Snowpuff]

What color means what?
which on is soft which one is hard?
I tried sqeezing them but I dunno guess I'm just dumb but I know some one on here isn't

[Jonnydread]

Red is almost always the stiffest spring.
Green/Blue depends on the spring kit.
Most of my colored springs blue is medium and green is soft, but I don't think it's universal.

[OpusX]

Don't recognize those specific sets, but red is usually the stiffest spring, green the softest.

[jetenginekyle]

Look at the wire thickness, thicker=stiffer.

If equal wire gauge the one with more coils is stiffer

[Snowpuff]

Dude... so I just checked again they are all same od. Thickness and same amount of coils.... lmao tha means....and I must be wrong but... they are all the same..lmfao!!! Like man you gotta see these things they are all he same but the color I must be getting something wrong here.

[SR_matt]

could be temper or a different material which results in a different spring rate.

honestly easiest thing would be if you have a kitchen scale, put the spring upright on it and push it down 1 inch and record the weight you scale reads.

[William the Third]

Actually, assuming all else is equal, more coils is softer (less deflection when compressed), less coils is stiffer (more deflection when compressed).

[Toestr]

I'm pretty sure I know where you bought this. What springs does the kit come with an are there any kits left in stock?

[Snowpuff]

I got this from a guy who sold me his 2 tracers one was old with non adjustable bolt yet he had 2 kits lol

[Snowpuff]

Far right is ATS-85 spring
second to the right is a stock tracer spring
only the ats is smaller by0.03

[DocsMachine]

An old trick for you budding airsmiths: If you're comparing two springs, and want to know which is stronger or weaker, drop them both on the shank of a Phillips screwdriver. Push them together, and the first one to 'stack up' is of course, the weaker of the two.

That doesn't take into account length and whatnot, of course, but it gives you an idea of the comparative spring rate.

Doc.

[Blackmagic71]

This is the content we need!

[Snowpuff]

Here I made a video and I'm still feeling dumb....maybe should say off the liquid diamonds

https://youtube.com/shorts/0gCdgbWdL4M?si=QvE6LIEjXrFnuByZ

[SR_matt]

To my eye the red looks to be a higher spring rate (i.e. stronger), as right before you bottom out both the blue looks to be slightly more compressed than the red.

[Drcemento]

An old trick for you budding airsmiths: If you're comparing two springs, and want to know which is stronger or weaker, drop them both on the shank of a Phillips screwdriver. Push them together, and the first one to 'stack up' is of course, the weaker of the two.

That doesn't take into account length and whatnot, of course, but it gives you an idea of the comparative spring rate.

Doc.

Slaps forehead and mutters "Duh". Thanks Doc - that works great! I have a pile of springs - many just silver and its always an exercise in frustration to try and tell them apart.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Can someone demonstrate by video and make this a sticky because I’m confused but would love to learn how this is done.

[JeepDVLZ45]

If you put equal force on the springs, the one that compresses further is weaker of the springs. Basically, you stack the springs and squish one into the other. The weaker one is the one that compresses more from it’s “natural length”

Doesn’t matter if it’s 2 springs or 20

[Chuck E Ducky]

Ahh I get it now

[Trbo323]

Thanks doc, learned something new today

Also, how are we this far in and nobody has mentioned the thread title? I know it's a typo but it's a great one

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[$L!mBo]

it better be on purples

[$L!mBo]

can also stack some washers on top the spring while on the screwdriver and measure how much they squish with a tape/ruler.

[Snowpuff]

I did that test with these spring and with these ones I can tell the difference by looking by squishing them.

Im pretty sure those coloredcolored are all the same lol just color differently...lmao