I've heard of leaf switches needing adjustment/maintenance, but never microswitch based joysticks. What's the responsiveness issue? Is your spring feeling worn out or is a microswitch failing. I have the comps in my standalone CP and haven't seen any decline in the last half year or so. I have friends who push the joysticks so hard that the whole heavy thing scoots across the desk.
If you have responsiveness issues after ten months of home use, I would be concerned. Those joysticks are meant to see extreme abuse for quite a while in a commercial arcade.

So, be a little more specific and maybe the hardware gurus will be able to solve your problem.
Cheers,
KenToad