TY-raps hold the world together, LOL...
I use a ty-rap to hold the adjusters in and a couple more to hold the shoes together while I muscle the top spring into place, works good lasts along time LOL.
Never saw a short pad on a Huck brake shoe, they've always been the same size and same part number. Course I've not seen every Huck brake setup either....
Now I have seen it on Bendix brakes....