springs

eagle64 · Post by **eagle64** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:22 pm

I removed the motor and drive shafts from the jeep today. and happy that it went well. I had sent chuck a few photos of the project and he pointed out the coil springs in the rear.

I had looked at them and they looked like they belonged there so I never gave it another thought. I plan on removing them tomorrow, I will try and get some photos of the mounting bracket they had used to install them

thanks for the great catch chuck

steve

Post by **wesk** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:50 pm

It's a shame they were not installed like this:

Your jeep would be famous!

oilleaker1 · Post by **oilleaker1** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:08 am

Recoiless rifle? What type of warfare, similar to mortor or artillery? Avalanche control? A Jeep with a big gun for sure. Always wondered what they used them for. John

Hawkshadow · Post by **Hawkshadow** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:21 am

Anti-tank. Obviously there was a very low life expectancy in combat for these units.

Especially when firing it looks like this:

Video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VjpC9H99MLw

eagle64 · Post by **eagle64** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:15 am

well I can say I know a little bit about 106, I was on one in the service

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the video is of a 105 recoiless, the main difference is the 105 did not have the 60 cal spotter on it.

oilleaker1 · Post by **oilleaker1** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:33 am

Awesome! Thanks. I need one of those for prairie dog hunting. I hate it when I miss!

John

Post by **wesk** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:16 am

This is a bit more impressive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fBFUoWvjHg

When I was stationed in Thailand at U'Tapao Air Base our security forces used these mounted in the bed of M715's.

eagle64 · Post by **eagle64** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:01 pm

I took the coil springs off. here are a few photos of what I found

they sure look like they were made for the m38, chime on in if you know anything about them
thanks Steve

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Post by **wesk** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:29 pm

They are very common aftermarket overload or helper coils that have been in use for many years. They are usually multi-vehicle fit applications. The spring set in my photo above are from the Recoiless rifle set-up kit for the M38.

Here are some of the aftermarket choices:

These are available at O'Reilly's

Also at O'Reilly's

Available at Military Trader.com

These are at Advanced Auto Parts

eagle64 · Post by **eagle64** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:21 pm

Thanks for the great information on the coil spring sets, It is good to know if I ever want to put them on again.
but for now I don't think I am going to re install the old ones or put new ones on.

thanks
Steve

springs

springs

106 recoiless

more on the ciol springs

I don't think I will replace them