Another hobby of mine is collecting and playing with Lionel trains. In the mid 90's they made a few flatcars that had automobiles on top of them. The rubber (?) tires melted into the plastic car body. Shortly after that was discovered they started placing a thin piece of cardboard between the two.

I've got a Go drive that just recently gave up the ghost. If anyone wants to practice this repair (I don't understand enough of the words, let alone the repair itself :-/ ) I'll mail it to them after I get the new one in. If you're outside the continental US, I'll have to see how bad the shipping is before I make good on this...

J White