Steering pump issue?

[Omenus]

Hi,

I've been having horrid squealing from the belts on my 92 Talon TSi AWD, and when I was replacing them, I checked all the pullies for movement. Seems the power steering pump, although turning smoothly, has some resistance compared to the other pullies... is this normal? I'm not expecting it to spin effortlessly like the altenator, but should it spin easier then/same as the upper pully?

Thanks,

 

[psychlow]

The P/S pump should be fairly easy to turn, IIRC.....