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You have a duel pot system, ONE pot for EACH shoe, in this case using a single pot for one shoe and a double pot for the other, the double pot contains the standard pot (same as the other shoe) to apply the service brakes, the second pot (spring brake) contains the SPRING that TAKES OVER for the...

You can use a standard brake adjusting tool that was used on the older cars with the star adjustment, the bad part is at times things freeze up like the ones on cars but about 10 tines worse, real easy to strip the nubs off the adjuster, then you are SCREWED, or adjust out to touch the drum...

very true but it would seem it would be easier to cage. not sure of the style of adjusters, some wedge have a adjuster like the older 5ts, others have a crappy adjuster that adjust at the shoe toe

True, though the brakes have to be SO out of adjustment that thay will NOT stop the wheel. the OP said that the service brakes worked fine, even if one wheel was that far out, I do not see how ALL the wheels can be that far out of adjustment, if this was the case, there would be major stopping...

you can have single OR double pot wedge brakes, the single work just like a S-cam (the single wedge spreads both shoes), spring brakes most times do NOT have any adjustment eithe s-cam or wedge, either applied or not, it releies on the spring and normal service brakes to hold, the two pot wedge...