Throttle Body Cleaner

Nozebleed

Hi all.

Anyone know of a good product that can be added to a tank of fuel that will clean the throttle body on a modern bike?

CJhaughey

Throttle bodies don't generally need cleaning, they aren't like carbs with tiny orifices.
In any case the only real way of cleaning them properly is to remove them and get them ultrasonically cleaned with a good ultrasonic machine and proper cleaner.
What is the issue?

Nozebleed

CJhaughey wrote: »

Throttle bodies don't generally need cleaning, they aren't like carbs with tiny orifices.
In any case the only real way of cleaning them properly is to remove them and get them ultrasonically cleaned with a good ultrasonic machine and proper cleaner.
What is the issue?

no major issue really...the throttle is a little sticky. i check the cables/bar ends and oiled up the throttle body spring mechanism on both the end and the outside of the body. thought there was a product on the market that might clean inside the body itself without having to take it off etc..

CJhaughey

Nozebleed wrote: »

no major issue really...the throttle is a little sticky. i check the cables/bar ends and oiled up the throttle body spring mechanism on both the end and the outside of the body. thought there was a product on the market that might clean inside the body itself without having to take it off etc..

I doubt its sticking inside, most likely dirty cables, get a cable luber and flush them through with some cable lube.
Check routing of the cables and where they pass through the ferrules on the cables. This time of the year will always show up some issues.
Use GT40 or some other light lube and work the throttle a lot and it may free out.

If you remove the cables from the TB try moving the butterfly manually and that will tell you if its bad inside.

blade1

Cable, handgrip or even bar end would be the most likely culprits.