Christy, I just pull the motor out. Then I put a couple drops of oil on the top next to the shaft in that depression. The shaft has the gear thingy on top of a long piece of long metal shaped like a shaft.... Then I turn that motor back and forth by hand by the shaft and hope the oil works it's ways in to the bearings. I had a machine one time somebody baptized that shaft with oil. I never did get all the oil out of the motor. I ended up robbing one from another machine. The other thing you may need is a drop or two of oil in the hole in the thing the bobbin carrier rides on. There is a bit of friction between those parts and it may need some more oil. I know this because I had a machine that would run slow - I had pulled the motor and I knew it was good. I even traded motors I was so frustrated. It was that friction point in the bobbin area. Once I got that sorted out that machine REALLY ran slick.