[Antonm]

Great and through job on the brakes.

Unrelated question, is the lower bracket for your air bag mounts upside down? Like shouldn't the flat side of the red circled brackets below be touching the springs and not the raised edges?

 

[Antonm]

the Chevy might have bigger shoes and thicker drums. You could wreck the shoes, and warp the drums with the extra pressure maybe? Like compounding your brakes on a Semi truck.

Nah, the Chevy rear brake cylinders are a way common thing / upgrade for the second gen dodge guys. I've had them on the back of my truck for years now, as have many others, without issue.
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[Antonm]

There are no wheel speed sensors. I don’t know what that stuff is but it works. I slammed on my brakes in gravel, and loose gravel on pavement. The slightest little chirp and I’m stopped immediately.

There is a wheel speed (well, actually ring gear speed to be exact) sensor mounted on the center of the differential that inputs in the rear wheel speed to the abs module.
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[Antonm]

The mounts are correct.

Edit; I looked at the top, not the bottom. My mounts have U-bolts that go under the leaf so you might be correct.

It probably doesn't really matter either way. Looks like its been working as-is for awhile now and those brackets aren't really supporting any load, just keeping the lower airbag mount from sliding off the top of the leaf spring.
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[Antonm]

Drums brakes are not going anywhere anytime soon at least. Heck there are brand new, high end luxury, electric cars coming off the showroom floor with drum rear brakes (the Audi Q4 e-tron is one).

In fact the lack of brake drag that drums have compared to disc brakes is making them look good again in the eyes of those looking for fuel mileage and EV range. Here are few quick google search articles that talk about it a little, kinda interesting if you're into that kinda stuff.

https://www.carvibz.com/news/cars-are-still-sold-with-drum-brakes-in-america-right-now-including-evs/

https://www.engadget.com/how-the-rising-popularity-of-e-vs-could-lead-to-a-resurgence-of-drum-brakes-170000388.html

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[Antonm]

Tell us how much you like the discs after buying all that stuff, plus a different proportioning valve, and attempting to make the park brake to work.

Cost and general PIA aside , the parking brake on the disc brake Dana 80 in my drw f350 worked pretty good. Same for the disc Sterling axles in the f250 and excursion.

Now all of those use a separate parking brake drum inside the brake disc rotor center and not the actual brake caliper like some aftermarket setups try to use
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