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Originally Posted by RedDevil
If you jack the car one wheel at a time you should pull the handbrake, the rears will be hard to spin then  |
No, you don't apply the handbrake. Obviously, if you apply the parking brake the rear wheels won't turn. To check the rear wheels on a FWD vehicle, leave the transmission in park. They should turn freely. They are not attached to the drive train on a 2 wheel drive car that has FWD.
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I had my car lifted in N and no park brake on. Rear hubs could be spun with a finger. Front hubs were hard to rotate without the wheel for extra leverage, just because of the drive shaft and stuff.
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No, if the transmission is in neutral the wheels should turn easily.
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We opened up the brake calipers to add brake pad return springs (from the OEM single one on the leading edge of the pad to a pair) but even with the pads visibly detached the front hubs were hard to spin.
I found my brake pads would stick occasionally.
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That could be it. But there should be no rolling resistance when in neutral.