Rear Drum Brake Help

The shoes are not reversed......they are the wrong shoes!! If you study the pic, the length of the lining is the same for each shoe. The lining on the front shoe should be shorter than the lining on the rear shoe. For all four wheels. Check all of the shoes, could have got mixed up.

Agree with 9" brakes. Unless you are going to be towing, racing or doing high speed driving, no need to change the braking system.