i am having this same problem, but dont want to pull the wrong thing off. are you saying to bull the toe/heal levers off and grease them, or are you saying to pull the front linkage off and grease it? or should i just pull and grease both? thanks.

 

I concur... clean it & lube it!

 

I now have this same problem and after taking it apart it was rusted and would hardly move. My question is, what are you supposed to lubricate it with? I looked in the service manual and couldn't find any mention of taking this apart.

 

drill hole in pivot install zerk fitting an grease it annually

 

Mine occasionally sticks too, used generous amounts of WD-40 at the joints i could get to, and that helped.
Weird enough, it seemed to only happen when I went on trips though...
Doesn't stick whenever I go for my weekly night rides after work (11p-2am)
But I think I might try giving it some real grease this season.

 

every 5000 miles or every year pull the shift shaft from the mount in the footpeg bracket & clean the bore, the shaft & o-rings & grease it lightly & you will never have this problem.

more often if the bike gets wet a lot.

it can ruin a ride so it pays to do it before it's a problem.

wd40 may work for a while but it's not the same as fresh grease & a good cleaning.

any good waterprrof grease or even lithium grease is fine.

 

I had this same problem when I owned my Fat Boy. Look at your heel/toe shifter. You will see the shifter pegs connected to the heel and toe shift levers on the outside, and a shift arm connected to the linkage rod on the inside. Loosen the bolts on the two shift levers (leave the heel and toe pegs attached) and pull them off the splined shaft. That remaining shaft runs though a boss which is cast in the primary casing. The shaft is connected to the shift linkage rod. Disconnect the shift linkage rod from the shift arm and pull the shift arm with the attached splined shaft out of the transmission boss and off the motorcycle. Keep track of any washers attached to the shaft.

You will likely see a lot of crud built up on the splined shaft and inside the corresponding boss on the transmission. Clean out all the crud from the transmission boss. Pick up some emery cloth and marine grease or thick lithium grease. Use the emery cloth to polish up and clean the shaft where it got corroded from inside the transmission boss. Liberally coat the shaft with the grease and put it all back together. Your bike should shift nice and smooth again.

 

Had happen once, now I just use 20-50 motor oil, a couple squirts on the shaft between the motor and where the shifting levers attach to shaft and and a couple on the shifting linkage every 5K at oil change.