Quoted from the_pin_family:No lube. Clean everything well, replace the sleeve and put the rod on my 6 inch bench buffer with a little polishing compound. Buff it out to a mirror shine. In a home use situation it should be a looong time before any other maintence is needed.
Exactly.
Had a B/W game still dragging with a new sleeve...a few minutes on the bench-top buffer with some green rouge and now it's like day one.
Nice and shiny too.