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       HO Scale SP GS-4 Squeaky Motor and Slow
       By: TwoRailsIsPlenty Date: September 14, 2018, 9:30 am
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       Hello all,
       New guy here with a motor problem (I think). I recently
       purchased a vintage Lionel HO Scale Southern Pacific GS-4
       Daylight from the late 1970s if I'm not mistaken. It was pretty
       dirty when I bought it but was functional and in pretty good
       shape aesthetically. The thing squeals like a banshee under full
       power and its speed tops out around 2-3 inches per second,
       pretty slow. I've since cleaned up the exterior and carefully
       disassembled the motor to lubricate it. Took out the brushes and
       lightly removed the oxidation on the top layer and greased the
       drive gears in the hopes that would fix the speed issue. No
       change unfortunately, still slow, still squealing. Curiously,
       even with an 11-12 car consist it'll maintain that low speed and
       if I push it along it will eventually lose the squeak and run
       full throttle, it just can't get there by itself. By full
       throttle I mean it'll go so fast it leans in the corners, any
       faster and it would come flying off the rails so the motor still
       has some function it just won't get there without help. I have
       not dealt with this motor type much (most of my GS-4's are
       Bachmann) nor can I find any videos or first-hand accounts that
       deal with this issue so any advice this group can provide would
       be helpful, thanks!
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