Put the drums back on and adjust the shoes properly. All the resistance you have against the rear wheel cylinders right now are the shoe return springs, and they won't allow much pressure to build up. With the shoes against the drums several hundred pounds of pressure can build up in the lines.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!