You are correct.

The longer secondary shoe holds the parking brake hardware.

Mike
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SamJ wrote:
>
> I have a question concerning the rear brake shoe configuration on a 1995
> Jeep Cherokee.-
>
> Can anyone provide information on where the shoe with the shorter friction
> surface should be installed (toward the front or rear).
>
> In my experience the shorter shoe is always installed towards the front when
> the shoes are of differing sizes, but I am getting conflicting information
> from another Jeep owner that this is not the case with the Cherokee and the
> shorter shoe must be installed towards the back.
>
> I would appreciate any feedback on this matter as one of us is wrong (and
> has their brakes on backwards :-)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Sam