On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 14:09:05 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

I've got some old cow teat syringes (plastic, about 5CC)
which I load with vaseline or marine grease. Squirt a bit
into the pilot hole, and that makes life a lot smoother.

Rub the screw threads across a bar of lanolin soap.

Easy greasy - it's a long slide home.