Modified by CardDealer at 4:29 AM 11/16/2006

 

was the car in gear?

 

Modified by CardDealer at 4:30 AM 11/16/2006

 

if your wheel turns too freely, your brake shoes aren't adjusted tight enough....

there should be a little bit of drag from your brake shoe to you drums..

 

I don't know if you have rear dics or not, but wheels don't always spin 100% freely. The pads are almost always in contact with the rotor and causes some friction (even when you brakes are not applied the calipers just stop pushing on the pads, but the pads are usually still right up on the rotor).
You can usually hear a bad wheel bearing, and it's main symptom is that there is some lateral play in the wheel, i.e. you can wiggle the wheel left and right. The whell shouldn't even budge when you give it a real hard tug.

 

Oh oops I didn't realize you said you had no play and rear drums until now