SN2000 Doesnt' spin freely without fluid, normal?

[ed1le]

My SN2000 is off the car and sitting on my bar in the basement while doing my engine rebuild...anyway, standing there the other day I went to spin the pulley and it's super tight, can't get it to budge. It currently doesn't have any fluid in it, is this why? I don't recall this when I initially took it off but I drained it later when I was polishing it. I didn't know if the fluid in it is what allows it to spin freely since it's a ball drive. It seemed to run okay when I removed it but only drove it on & off trailer when I bought the car b/c of a blown head gasket.

[pavement pounde]

It does not spin freely, what matters is, does is spin tight and not ratched ?
The tight balldrive makes it spin with some force.

[ed1le]

by hand, neither my buddy nor I could get the pulley to spin at all

[pavement pounde]

Yeah, I was reffering it wrong, spining is not the word, turning it by hand is more like it, it needs some force to turn the pulley.
Now if you take a VR4 you actually need 2 hands to turn the pulley.

[ed1le]

I tried again and I guess with a little more effort got it to spin and after a couple times it started to spin a little easier...I guess it was just tight from sitting but seems okay now.

[pavement pounde]

With oil it will turn better bud stil tight and heavy.

[ed1le]

Yeah, one of those oh crap moments though when I first noticed it but figured/hoped it was simply due to lack of oil...thanks!