[BevanWright]

I had a similar brake in-balance on my wifes Nissan Sentras rear drums at the last inspection.

What I had to do to get them all balanced was:
1. swap the drums from left to right
2. sand the shoes on the side that wasnt working as well
3. Bleed all brakes

Sometimes I think some of the inspections are a bit fussy.

As for having to adjust less braking at the front, surely not, I would have thought that the inspection problem is either that the fronts are out of balance side to side, or the rears are not working hard enough? Try bleeding the backs as well.

Another option - put some race pads on the front, and in the tests that they do, the fronts wont work as well when they are cold.

It seems wrong to go backwards in braking power to pass a test.