Quite common, especially if it's a manual transmission and in gear.

Greg McKinney
SOAR - Simons Organization for Animal Rights
www.soardoggyrescue.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
jed batchelder
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 7:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: crankshaft pulley

i noticed on my 83 vanagon that the pulley for the crankshaft is hard to
spin by hand.   Is that normal. my alternator spins free with belt off and
so does my water pump one.