I did my share of fumbling around too.
You can lay the shoes on a bench and set this up . The top
part will gently kinda match up and you can put it on the inner wheel/axle(IDK what thats called).
Itll stay together while you put the pins and upper springs on.


~ BD.
"You won't find me in an old folks home" Pioneer Florida Cracker
1958 Apache Stepside
1958 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Panel