67 Cj5 Brake Shoe Orientation

One shoe has more pad than the other. Does it matter which one is front and which one is on the back side?

 

Normally the short shoe (pad material) is the leading shoe, or front

 

Many thanks!

 

IIRC, There are exceptions. Consult your FSM.

From a previous thread here,

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the Jeep 9" brakes without self adjusters get the long shoe forward. This is because the long shoe gets "driven" into the drum by the short shoe through the wheel cylinder. Also, the pin is at the bottom, giving the long shoe something to anchor on driving it harder into the drum.

In most everything else is short forward because the long shoe gets "driven" by the short shoe through the self adjuster. The pin is at the top, and the long shoe is driven against the pin, so long shoe back.

In summary, pin at bottom=long shoe forward, pin at top=long shoe back."