Open Road

Are these springs on backwards? I’m thinking the longer spring, the one they have up front, goes on the adjuster

Those -^ are correct.

I know it seems weird.

Thank you!

Right, remember the short spring presses against the adjuster and keeps it from moving around by itself. When you turn it with a screwdriver it snaps against the spring to the next tooth.

now that you have these figured out get a mirror and flashlight and verify the shoe anchor springs are properly fastened
look on the back of the hub carrier for a rib that faces forward,
the spring should hook it. common for these to not be properly hooked,
thus a short while later it sounds like loose parts in the hub

What MrMerlin said: