rockabilly

i decided to move on to the other 3 wheels. i positioned the arrows towards the wheel cylinders on the front and towards each other on the rear. the drums wont even start to fit on the shoes to start. im beginning to think i need to pre grind shoes to fit. i think i can go to autozone and borrow one of those grinders.(im laughing while banging my head on the ground.) for some reason i thought just replacing shoes wasnt goin to be easy. when the drums wont even fit when cams are fully inboard what do i do. i cant turn the drums to fit. is it possible i got oversize padded shoes from roberts? i think this is the first brake job on the car for it only has 54k original miles. are the rear brake shoes different from the front shoes or are they identical. from what i have checked they are identical but at this point who knows.

this is on the same 52 desoto. this dashpot in unavailable anywhere. i thought i could use another accelerator pump and establish the same centerline pivot point on worn out dashpot. has anyone tried this? the bore diameter is the same on both and they both use a leather cup.

i hated to but had to turn drums because the linings delaminated. my worst drum is now 12.015. i think this is still ok. upon tryin to adjust front shoes, i can get the rear shoe on the driver side to contact drum but cant forward drum to contact drum no matter where i position the arrow located on the eccectrinc cam or pivot bolt. i put new everything and am wondering if i should completley bleed system and then adjust. i bought parts from roberts in mass. they come highly recommended so it must be something im doing wrong.