Throttle body linkage lubrication

[Ian T]

Hello everyone

I was just wondering what you use to lubricant the throttle body linkages.

I’m just having a look see and there doesn’t appear to be any form of grease on them.

I presume grease or perhaps white grease would not be the best.

I was thinking that something like a silicone spray lubricant would be better suited.

Or would a dry spray be better.

So I am wondering what you all use.

There doesn’t appear to be any sticking but given I’m this far into the bike it seems silly not to give the linkages a clean and re lube.

I presume a quick blast of good old WD will clean out any old lube, or would brake/carb cleaner be better.

I do apologies for my quite frequent simples questions of late but it’s been a few years since I last worked on a bike and some of my understanding may be a bit out of date.

Cheers

Ian

[Mark Shelley]

You can access them without taking the bike apart with a little fiddling. I used a syringe with a drinking straw pushed onto the end of it, filled with 3 in 1 oil. I had tried WD40, which worked for a few weeks, but after using the oil I had no recurrence before I sold the bike several months later. Rear one can be accessed under the tank after removing the seat. Front one from the front left side of the bike.

[Ian T]

Thanks

Bike already stripped right down

So access easy, just wondering what people use nowadays.

Cheers

Ian

[Barbel Mick]

I use something like this..... https://www.screwfix.com/p/wd-40-dry-ptfe-lubricant-400ml/36613?
Personally I think if you use a wet lube like oil or grease, even the original WD40, it will attract dust & dirt which could cause sticking again.
However, if you clean & lubricate it every 12 months or so I'm sure it'll be fine whatever you use. I still give mine a squirt every now & then, even with the dry lube, as it will wear off in time.   

[colin]

Like Mark said its easy enough to access it. I just spray a bit of GT85.
which contains PTFE. never had a problem.

[purplebikeunicorn]

The replacement throttle body I installed I squirted a very small amount of GT85 into (and allowed it to run into) every pivot point.

Since my OG one appeared to go bad with no "official" servicing / lubing, a little can't hurt.