Ack.... This sucks

I now own my grampas old 82 f150, 4wd, 302, automatic (er)... We did a rear brake job this summer, and never got them right again... Parking cables are good, pads are brand new, new wheel cylinder and I have a new spring kit and adjusting screws

I think I need a hardware kit, because what my hayes manual is calling a "parking brake link" is missing the spring, and retainer. This is really frustrating, I cant seem to get it together again.
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heres a really short story part... We never got the drivers side back together right. My nonmechanical uncle stepped in, and replaced 1/2 of the springs. It made a squeeking noise, and he said that "brakes must be dragging" and left it like that for 2 months (truck sits alot). I got my lisance thursday, and have been driving it around for about 10 miles... The "squeeking" turned into a light grinding. I stopped about 2 miles from home, and popped off the passengers side drum, in a kmart parking lot, at 10 PM (thought thats where the noise was comming from... ugg)
Couldnt find anything, so i put it back together, and hoped i wasnt ripping too much up.

My house is in sight, i go over the rail road tracks... The noise goes from a grinding, to a horribal scraping... 30 sec later, i pull into the driveway, and there it sits (now on jackstands). took it apart, drivers side adjusting screw fell out, and is now really mangled... It also scraped the crap outta the pads
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SO far, ive gotten a new spring kit, new pads, and a pair of new adjusting screws...

Whenever I get one spring on, the last one I put on flys off, and tries to kill me. Does anybody know where I can find a write up for doing the brakes on a drivers side drum??? Not a hayes "reassembly" crap, a genuine write up

I'm really pissed off right now, ive been working on one side for 3 and a half hours

Whats in a hardware kit??? Can anybody tell me what I did wrong? I'm sorry for the long post, I need help... I have a job interview thursday, immediatly after school, and I CANT use my moms car (she'll be gone)

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not the most book smart or social person ever... Im mechanicaly inclined and my family has an engineering backround

Id really like back brakes. Do you think id hurt anything If i took everything out of the drivers side rear brake drum, and drove it for <10 miles? No big hills, usually civilized traffic patterns

Thanks alot, the stupid 16 year old needs help
~Nate

 

For the record, I didnt take both drums apart.... but they were reassembled by my aging grandfather in the same fasion...

Right now, I get braking power from NEITHER side... Can someone tell me which spring goes where... 2 red, one blue

I have it where the blue is at the bottom, long red on the right (twords back of vehical), short red on the left (twords frount of vehical) This is on the drivers side of the vehical

Its consistaint to the one on the passenger side in the springs location to the respectfull end of the vehical



I dont know if i even had back brakes when I got the truck... Its got brand new parts within 4 months...

Rebuild master cylinder, new flex lines, new hard lines, new proportioning valve (from a junkyard&cleaned up), new wheel cylinders, new springs, and new pads

WTF AM I DOING WRONG???
I tested for braking power with it in nutral, transfer case in nutral, and the engine running. I also have a very stiff pedal (compaired to other vehicals ive driven... 04 grand prix, 76 Mercedes, 95 Camaro, 95? cougar, 2002 denali, 89 trofieo, and the DE's saturns)

I get no rear brakes, on either side... help?