eblanken
XS400 Member

I recently bought this 1980(?) XS400 Special II and it needs some new brakes really badly. There hasn't ever been any stopping power with the back brake and the front brake now seems to be letting go a bit more. I don't mind keeping the drum brakes for now but the problem is that I've never really dealt with drums on a bike before. I can't just start ripping the bike apart either because the shop I will do the work in is about 80 miles away from my house.
My question is this: Are the guts of the front and back brakes the same? I try to look up parts online and all I ever see is stuff for the rear brake. Can I just buy two sets of parts and use one in each wheel? I got no info when I bought the bike and I'm honestly not even totally sure of the year or model. The VIN starts with 3F8 and I've not been able to find a match to that anywhere. I've already moved the petcock to a lower position on the tank and now I am working on brakes/rewiring the whole bike since my signals recently went out after getting caught in a monsoon.
Any help is appreciated.