rear disc break conversion - what is needed to work with factory rear end?

couple questions....
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based on your picture above....
1) did you clean the entire backing plate (yellow dashes)? looks pretty dirty for a recent brake job
2) did you replace the star wheel adjuster? that looks new. if so, did you VERIFY it's the right one for that side?
3) are the springs up top hooked up correctly? the left looks correct but the two on the right....? I know every brake design is different so this may be fine

do you have a pic of the setup behind the hub at the top?
 
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Are the backing plates good? If really rotten or damaged the retaining pins &/or wheel cylinder retainer may allow things to float around & let things get misaligned after being adjusted.

Backing plate seems solid, but the pins through the springs seem bent.

I ordered this Dorman kit only because it comes with the adjuster mechanism which is what is not sitting right currently, and I plan to pull everything off the backing plate and rebuild it with this:


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