I measured last night. Axle flange to brake pads both sides. Measured the axle flange surface of the drum to friction surface. They are dead on. In other words the shoes and shoe surface of the drums are in perfect alignment. It’s just the damn lip of the backing plate and drum interference. I don’t think I could put a 2.5” pad on an 11x2 backing plate and it even be close. Thanks for the measurements. I’ll take one side apart and measure it.
