8-3/4 hard to turn the wheels

AJ/FormS said

One thing that I don't think I saw was a bent housing. Tapered bearings can run loose enough to not be affected by a mildly bent housing. But ball-bearings have no such forgiveness. If they are forced out of alignment, they will squeeze the grease out, and run steel on steel, making plenty of heat. But if your housing is bent enough to cause that, then your installer would surely have noticed it, as he was "hammering" the axles into the tubes.

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Thanks for the detailed reply AJ, I posted in here that the ER Cable was too tight and that was the most likely cause of the shoes hanging in the applied position. The shoes look bad, half gone and black semi glossy on the surface, so in 40 miles they were probably barely tight and rubbing, but the shoes, in my opinion are cooked.