Drum brake installation troubles...

I think we are in violent agreement, short (primary) shoe in front. It was his rear shoe that looked wrong to me, not the front shoe. Originally it looked like his rear shoe was also a primary (short shoe), but after going back and looking at his pics it does appear to be a secondary (longer shoe) on the back. I edited my original post to clarify my point.

Now were strait on that issue...I still stand by my point that another possible problem could be a mixture of 9" and 10" brake parts (see my orinal post). But I guess we will need to wait for OP to give us the low down on what he finds.

I agree that e-brake strut does not look correct. Also, his e-brake strut is not flat, it looks to have an L-shaped lip facing the axle. Is that correct?