Sell them to me for cheap and buy new ones.
Or you could clean and oil them. I would recommend using a better oil than WD-40. A little bit of well placed oil should get it working again. Completely disassembling, cleaning, and oiling will make the cleats good as new.
For each side:
Step 1: remove the screw holding the clam in place
Step 2: remove the clam, careful to watch for the torsion spring that may jump out and run away never to be seen again.
Step 2.5: remove the torsion spring from the clam, if it hasn't already removed itself.
Step 3: Clean everything
Step 4: Lube it up
Step 5: Reassemble.
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Is it possible you tightened them (Philips head screws) just a bit too much? I did that once and wondered why they were working so poorly.
The clam cleats I have dealt with have compression collars (often built into the screw) that take the load of the screw, so you should not have to leave the screw kinda loose to get the cleat to work. Of course you don't need to tighten it with the fist of Zeus, it is just a little Phillips head. Now, perhaps these cleats are different, and KayakingBob may be spot on about over-tightened screws.