The shaping of sliding surfaces of steel parts and friction pairs is a great potential for solving problems in the field of sliding pairs, such as: reduction of friction resistance, increase in lift, control of slotted flows, heat dissipation, and increasing the durability of friction pairs. The article presents tribological tests of a mapped sliding node based on selected vane pump components.The tests are carried out on the T-11 tribological tester (pin on disc) and are comparative in relation to standard elements. Surface changes in the tested friction nodes include the use of two additional machining processes, i.e., slide burnishing and texturing. The material for the samples is carbonitrided and heat-treated C22E steel, while the material for the counter-samples is E295 steel with a hardness of 160 HB (non-heat-treated).