are the rear wheels in a front wheel drive vehicle supposed to spin freely when off ground (on a jack) and with the ebrake down?
I just got my brakes cleaned and the mechanic told me that the rear wheels are supposed to barely spin. I jacked it up at home and tried to spin the tires but they didn't go more than 180 degrees if not less and I had to push really hard.
I've been told that this is normal and then some people say that the rear wheels need to be loose.

thanks

 

Don't ever take it to that "mechanic" again. Dude's a fool. They should have no resistance.

 

With the ebrake on, no they are not suppose to spin. If they are...somethings wrong because the E brake is suppose to stop the rears from spinning.

 

Re-read the original post. The ebrake handle is down so there should be no resistance on his rear wheels, at all.

With my car jacked up, my rear wheels off, and my ebrake handle down, I can spin them with zero resistance. My ebrake works just fine, when it's engaged and supposed to keep the wheels from spinning.

 

does your e brake go up all the way?

 

Nope. I just went out and counted the clicks before it's sufficiently tight. It clicks nine times.
I can only guess that it's maybe 2/3 of the way up, because I've never actually had to pull it up "all the way"

 

all the mechanic did was remove the hub part and sprayed the insides of the dusty brake down. he did not even change the shoes or pad.
Did he tighten something in there?
Can I get it easily adjusted back? I called him and he reassured me that the rear wheels are not supposed to spin much at all, but I told him that they have to spin at least 360 degrees freely, but once again he disagreed.

 

i agree with the guys, it's suppose to not have any or barely any movement with ebrake applied (that is what ebrakes are for). if the ebrake is off, the wheel should spin, if not, you have a problem, he might of over adjust it, i wouldn't recommand you going back there (well i would say the tech shouldn't work there) FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ya thanks a lot guys, readjusted today

 

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did it fix the issue ?

 

Drum brakes NEED to have just a c--t hair of resistance in them to operate properly.

If properly adjusted, with the wheel off, you should spin the drum and it will rotate about one revolution, then stop. This is a properly adjusted rear shoe.

With the Wheel on and the force of that, it should spin a few revolutions