Anybody know what the procedure is to accomplish the throttle body balance on the Thruxton 1200/R? My closest dealer is 200 miles away so I do my own wrenching. I bought the Dealertool and can pull up my throttle bodies. I'm running 3-4kpa difference between cylinders. I tried getting the factory service manual for the bike, but it seems that it is online only accessible for dealers.
One example of what's being discussed on this thread. An owner, mechanically competent but living a long way from an official dealer, being unable to take it to an independent shop or do the work himself because of this mean and petty-minded attitude from the factory.
Tritun subscription; register ownership without a dealer
Indeed.
I am a Frenchman, resident in Vietnam, where there is no dealer (nor in Laos and Cambodia, the neighbouring countries), and Tritun does not make any service manual (or any subscription) available to me. How is it possible to service a T120 at all here?
* How would you say I should go about subscribing for a service manual?
I also realised that I did not go through any process of ownership registration (something I suspect Triumph would love me to do), and I browsed and searched the Triumph websites to no avail.
* Can anyone point me to where to register ownership of my motorcycle, so the Triumph crowd know to send me (promotions) recall notices?
As for flooding Triumph with requests, how should I start? Is there a contact number? (and not on an answering machine?)
Problem solved. I went to Tritun.net and made up an account there. You can then subscribe for one day to have access to all service manuals for all bikes. What I did was print to PDF each procedure in each section for the Thruxton 1200R and I also saved the Specifications, Suspension and Brakes sections of the 1200 Classic. It took about 6 hours to categorize and print to PDF all the different documents, but I now have it all on my hard drive.
Back to the balancing of the throttle bodies, the procedure calls for removing the airbox. To do so you have to remove the rear wheel. It's kind of a pain to do, so I'm going to take care of it after a bit more riding. The service manual doesn't even call for it to be checked until 10,000 miles. On another note though, the FSM does call out throttle bodies being out of sync as a reason for cutting out at idle.
I agree. It makes no sense whatsoever not to sell them. It's only a matter of time before someone distributives a copy of it. What is wrong with these people!
I was excited about this but good lord, those subscription prices are ridiculous for the amount of effort involved. Printing each page individually, really? Just give me a price for the whole damn thing and let me save the PDF. What a racket. Just validates that the only people punished by pirates are the paying customers. No thanks.
I like the fact that the files are separate so that I can pull just the sections out that I want. It wouldn't be hard to combine them into a single file but I'm not sure how to hyperlink the file so that you can search it. The bigger issue for me would be to have to search back and forth through one giant file to get the info you need.
I bought an hour. just to try & see.I could load some files in PDF.
You have to be meticulous to be able to copy everything.Many pages do remind on other pages and so on. quickly get lost.
It is for someone who wants particular information,with one hour he may be able to find his information.
This is really done to discourage people like me who just wish to know a little how my motorcycle works.
Truly. I found that Triumph UK is much farther up the food chain than the after sales organizations in other countries and regions. They'll refer you if they think it appropriate.
I have had over 40 bikes in the last 55 yrs. 4 were Triumphs. My TTR is by far the best.
She runs flawlessly and I get comments on her wherever I go. I do farkeling so far as my mechanical ability will allow including oil changes. Dealer service is top notch. Just a positive comment.
At the 500 mile service for my T120 the tech noticed that the throttle bodies were a little out of synch, too. He suggested not to sweat it unless I notice that the bike isn't running well. It's been running fine.
Thanks for the photo! Can I ask someone to post up the instructions on how to set bodies? I have DT, anyone done it yet?? Have fitted Verex straight through exhaust and idle has become a bit rough!
So can anyone confirm if the air box really needs to be removed to do a throttle body balance?
Removing the air box is a bit of a PITA.
I understand you cannot use simple vacuum gauges to balance TB's, so you need access to the official Triumph workshop diagnostic equipment/software . If this is the case, it means TB balancing would not possible even for a competent DIY'er at home.
However I also understand that TuneECU software with a BT OBD II interface can do the balancing, but I don't know if removal of the air box is required in this case.
T 120: It can be done. Small hands and stubbornness will help but it can be done without either. Procedure: 1. Obtain a set of Torx Security bits similar to those pictured below. Disassemble the bit set to free the T30 and T20 bits from the holders. 2. Remove the Side Covers from the bike...
www.triumphrat.net
I had to move the breather hose out of the way. I didn’t remove the airbox or filter. When you locate the adjustment screw cover screw, the problem becomes apparent. The secret is really small tools. I found a 3” ratchet.
Thanks Doug, that's just the info I was looking for. Those security type Torx bits with the center hole are the trick, as I guess you'd be working pretty much by feel and not by sight. I've yet to do this as I've just got the Truxton R. TuneECU and OBD II interface are on my shopping list for when the next service is due.
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