Update for everyone. I removed the wheel easily. Wanted to make sure there was no ongoing issue and to replace the seal on the left side. There was ...

the wheel would install with the splines mesh only partially. There was about 3/4" left to go. I did not see any damage on the splines. Eventually, af...

Removed the brake shoes and it made no difference. Visually they are not touching the brake drum and I can rotate the wheel freely, just will not go o...

Thank you, the problem is that the engine appeared to be frozen so I was not able to set it at OT before I removed the heads to investigate the reason...