Throttle Body Plate Cleaning

[Cookieboy]

Hi all,
I am now approaching 50k miles on my XC and until now have never cleaned the throttle body plate (butterfly). This is a task to be done evey 10k according to the Triumph Maintenance schedule. Has anyone done this before and any tips? Access to remove thottle body bolts is really tricky and these all need removing to then allow the inlet manifold to be removed so the throttle body can then be removed.
Thanks in anticipation.

 

[sikatri]

Hmmm…not familiar with the throttle body variant Triumphs. Do you have a service manual for your Triumph? If it’s anything like the carburetor versions it’s likely a bit of giggling to get the throttle bodies out. There might be a few here familiar with your variant and hopefully will chime in. Looks like the high exhaust might present a problem. Is removing it going to help in getting access?

 

[Qship]

I don't recall any vehicle that needs the throttle bodies removed to be cleaned every 10K. Clean them when still mounted. Take off the air inlet from under the seat, remove the air filter, and spray them with proper cleaner. Wipe off what you can with a clean rag.

https://www.google.com/search?sca_e...ate=ive&vld=cid:138c671e,vid:YAM_qWHB4-Y,st:0
I watched this video which shows the filter and snorkel removal, but I didn't see him cleaning the throttle plates. It looks hard to see the butterfly from his video. If you can see it, clean as stated above. It still looks a bit tight in there to do it, but sure beats a big teardown every 10K miles for this