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GEC,
i found in the www this article of modifiing the Walthers trucks to reduce the bearing friction:
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The lubricating of the original Walters trucks with graphite may reduce the friction for a while, but you have to redo this from time to time to keep the friction on a low level grade.
The solution with the brass bushes, so my opinion, is the better one. At least at that point when the rotating wheel axles have started to dig into the plastic material of the unmodified truck.

Lutz

Ah, but these amfleets have the new trucks! The old trucks could be adequately lubricated with labelle oil. The new trucks actually have a metal bushing like the kind used in locomotive axle, and they grind far worse than the old trucks do.

If only they put a ball bearing in these or something!