8.25" rearend.

The shoes have one long and one short. Does it matter which one goes where? (ie. Does the short one have to go in the front or rear? )

 

Im 100% sure the longer one goes in front and the smaller is the trailing one...Tj

 

Is the other side still together,you could check it.

 

thanks guys. The brakes are already on. I can't remember which one i put where, didn't think of it until reading a different post on here that sparked my memory. I should probably pull drums off and check. What is the failure mode if they are not put on in the right orientation? self adjuster not work?

 

After thinking about it you cannot put them on wrong,the way the shoes are made it makes it impossible,the top is rounded,and the bottom is notched where the adjuster sits. The adjuster will not hook up either if backwards.

 

Just for the record, small brake shoe is the primary shoe and goes to the front. the longer trailing shoe to the rear.

 

So we have one guy saying SHORT in front, and another saying LONG in front.
Hmm. 50/50 shot at being right.

 

I second captainwoot. Primary (short), in front, secondary, or trailing, (longer) in the rear.
It was a question on the ASE test, an old school guy told me to remember it by this, in a race, if your not in front, your trailing. Corny I know, but it helps me remember.

 

the drum brakes are self energizing..(servo action) the shoe towards the front (primary) is the small one, due to the fact it has less of the work load...the rear (secondary) is the long one...does most of the work in the drum system......