Bad bearings in newly acquired Schaublin 102?

I recently had a table mount Schaublin 102 shipped that was supposed to be a working lathe. There was an obvious problem when I opened the box with the carriage. It was rusted when the lathe in the pics was not. The cross-slide binds and won't travel the last inch. When I contacted the seller he said it happened after he sent it and that I should just "wipe off" the rust. I messaged back that it's not going to wipe off and that I was going to start the return process. I never heard back from him after that.


I think the headstock may be crap too. When I initially turned the spindle by hand it felt a little gritty then it had a periodic change in resistance when it turned for a few turns. It feels like it turns harder than I would expect for something with ball or roller bearings. If I give it a spin by hand as fast as I can it stops in less than a second. There is nothing touching it, belt etc. Do you think the bearings are bad? I'm thinking they are but I have no first hand experience.

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