[mhsprecher]

I have not removed the brake drum on the other side to see the difference, which I will do today. Thinking on it, I don't see that reversing them would make a difference, either. I agree that moving the lever doesn't move the shoes very far before it runs out of travel due to the grease catcher, but why is that? The only thing I can see that would make a difference would be to adjust so the tops of the shoes are closer together so they move more when the hand brake is actuated, but if they don't touch the shoes, what good would that do? My assumption is that adjusting the brake shoes so that they are closer together at the top would require more movement of the hand brake to engage the shoes to the drum.