Flourish Tent Poles Question

Hey guys. I'm doing several spring art fairs this year, and bought a used Flourish tent from a dead guy. Haha-you read that right. Dead guy. I guess he bequeathed it to his estate. But I got the tent and a full set of mesh panels for $1400. Not a bad deal.

But that has nothing to do with my question. I put these monsters up myself, and it seems the poles don't want to slide together and the push pins are hard to press. Have any of you used WD-40 on them? Or something else? I have another one next weekend, and am trying to find ways to make it a little easier on myself. 😅