Coil sping question....

[pickuprover]

Okay here goes... I will admit right off that i am a leaf spring guy, never have worked on a coiler till today... So I am helping a freind out with a total rebuild of an ex-mod stage 1 1986 110 (whew that is a mouthful.. ). So we were removing the coils to replace with the Old Man Emu's (we will leave the debate on which coil is better than which for later... ) the manual says to retain the seats on the upper end of the coils... Well could not find anything that looks like a seat in there.... So is it safe to assume that the british military has removed the spring at some time and not retained these seats for reinstallment..... So the big question is what are these seats? What do they do? And how important are they? and should we be finding a set to put back in? So please help educate a poor leaf sprung guy on the newer technology....

[Bene]

I have these on top of my rear coils

[TerryS]

Andrew, The portion of the chassis that bears upon the spring is the upper seat. It's part of the chasssis, so there's nothing to 'loose'. They did come with a thin cushion, as Bene shows, but those wear off fast and just disintegate. The spring bears upon a disc, pie pan shape, on the axles, and your OME set may have come with a strip of steel to bolt in to hold them down. Kinda a bitch to get your fingers in there to put the bolts in, but a one time thing.
Often time used accessory on the rear end are 'disslocation' cones, for people who 'wheel' offraod where extreme articulation may lift the body off the spring. On the front, the spring pretty much finds it's way back in place (though often with a 'bang' when the spring finds it's way fully home.
The fronts have a ring which holds the shock tower in place, between the top of the spring and the chassis 'seat'.
If you didn't have any parts left over, you're good to go.

[pickuprover]

So that cushion is what the Haynesbookoflies is talking about retaining.... cool..thanks..
Terry, there are no 'disslocation' cones going in this truck, he is setting it up for desert travel, and wants stock, or parts that are easily accessible in Africa, hence the old Man Emu's. The coils are in, and no parts left over, so must have done something wrong.... I have posted some pics of the rebuild under the general chat with the heading "hit a pot hole.." just as a joke..you will see when you read it...