Thanks for the heads up Doug.

I have not ever had to replace brake shoes on my Morgan and would have been surprised to find one shoe having more lining material on it than the other, likewise on any other vehicle, though in truth I have never ever measured them as new on any vehicle, right back to the days when the linings were riveted, and I used to rivet new linings in place..? I suspect were that the norm then I might have read or heard of the requirement to select a thicker lining for the leading shoe... hmm..? As they say, every day is a school day.. and I suspect I have forgotten more than I remember... (-:

Logic(?) would seem to suggest if there was no heat build up on a drum or drag detected once jacked up, and the drum not difficult to remove, then perhaps one might not be looking for a brake issue, though one could still be hiding in there..(-: