Those with sn93's, how hard is it to turn pulley by hand?

[fastf50rd]

I just recently purchased an sn93 and i'm having second thoughts about the condition of it. I almost didn't buy it cause it is really hard to turn the pulley, so i figured something was fried. The person i bought it from assured me that it works absolutely perfect, and that's exactly how it was when he bought it. I'm not worried about being screwed cause i know where he lives and he's not a dirtbag, i'm just wondering if it is suppose to be that tuff to turn. Please let me know. Thanks alot.

[Doug]

The are very hard to turn...don't worry about it. If you couldn't turn at all, then you should be worried.

[speedytang]

40-45 inlbs when turning the front bolt with a torque wrench is about normal

[fastf50rd]

boy is that a relief, thanks alot guys.

[pavement pounde]

"40-45 ftlbs when turning the front bolt with a torque wrench is about normal", is what most of you say, but when I finished the VR4 upgrade with 1 extra shim to start, I used a clicking ratchet to turn the pulley it says "15 lbf/ft" and the metric size we use " 20 n/m" (Newton/Meter) just wandering
It must be right I am sure becouse it is very hard to turn the pulley by hand for a whimp like me:guess: but my strong friend could turn it whith his hands
It is a very litle bit tighter then it was before the VR4 upgrade.

[speedytang]

It was a miss type above, it is 40-45 inlbs without the rear seal to drag it down.

[pavement pounde]

I am not good in the non metric stuff but is 15 lbf/ft corect I am seeing ?

[speedytang]

Probably with the rear seal installed. I had my units really tight for my Dual setup but it was not for long use on the street to get 15-18psi out of each of those VR4s. My daily driver with fluid installed and on the car takes about what your showing maybe even more. I posted a while back when this came up probably around the same time as this article and I went outside and posted what mine was showing with the belt off but full of fluid. It has been a while back so I can't remember. I will search also.

[pavement pounde]

Ok