Brakes coaster brake bike - rear wheel siezed?

[madaneerg]

Have a brand new coaster bike - doing a first build (going to put hand brakes on it too)

I took off the back wheel to install the sprocket, when I went to put back on - it was stiff and not free-spinning like it was.

Not a pro with the bikes and maybe I tightened up something to cause it from operating smoothly.

Can anyone shed some light?

 

[srdavo]

Here's a link to a link on how coaster brakes work.

your bearings might be assembled too tight
or
your brake might be partially engaged.

 

[KilroyCD]

You probably have one of the jamb nuts that is a little too tight. It has happened to me when working on a coaster brake. Try holding the wheel in place and rotating the brake arm counter-clockwise about one turn and see if things loosen up. You don't want to loosen things too far though.