Previously redirected domain bad for PBN?

I have an expired domain that has good metrics. But when I check it with archive.org and the waybackmachine I see that for the last year or so it always redirected (302) to an another website. I plan on using it in my PBN. Does it matter?

No, it shouldnt matter and 302 redirects are temporary anyway.

Without knowing the domain and seeing the redirect for myself, I'd hazard a guess and say that you should be ok. But if you could tell us where the 302 went then it might help - was it a company that simply rebranded and redirected their old domain or did it 302 to a site about viagra? It makes a difference as to how confident I would be about using it as a PBN.

I assume you saw the 302 redirect mentioned in archive.org? If so, you must understand archive.org always mentions 302, even if it was a 301 redirect. Not sure why this is, but I have several lines of evidence that 301'ed domains eventually lose all link juice.

Moral of the story: I wouldn't risk it.