New PST Idler arm

That one looks like a plastic insert. So, the plastic is the plain bearing. And the bearing rotates around the center sleeve or the outer shell.

Just keep torqueing it untill it starts to get some resistance. The upper and lower washers should not be moving. I wonder if it's stuck with the paint dip on it. Like try to break it free.
It wasn't dipped I gave it a light coat of black spray paint. The sleeve isn't plastic or rubber, it's metal. And it absolutely does not move.