On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 05:36:10 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I turn the shaft by hand there seems to be a drag, it doesn"t turn
freely. Is there possibly something connected with the brake that is not
releasing??????

Could also be a bad bearing giving the drag.

With all these maybe wrong possibilities, sound like it would be
easier just to take the motor in and have it rebuilt.