Working on brake updates on my 72 Skylark front drums. Someone has been in there before and had some things mixed up (shorter shoes driver side longer shoes on passenger side, springs backward etc). 2 questions: 1) Which shoe goes to rear of car on front drum? The longer (more surface) shoe or the shorter? 2) Should there be a space bar with the oval springs on front like there is on rear? (See image) Thank you for your time!
Thw shorter shoes (primary) go the front sides. There is no bar like you pictured for the front. I may have a pic of a front brake all assembled. I'll look.