I did what you done on your motor. I cleaned it painted it and hooked it up and it worked fine. Did not put lube in, let me know how that works. Only thing different on the motors is when I cleaned mine the motor cover looked almost like a dull chrome. Don't know I ever seen one like it but looks good so I polished it.Thanks guy's. Wish I could have gotten into the gear box to clean it but it work's well. Thinking of spraying some kind of lube in to that area threw the screw hole where the resistor goes and threw the drain hole in the back. Maybe that will be enough to lube it up. Any Ideas is appreciate. Russ.