how to take off throttle body

[halffast1g]

I took off my stock intake manifold and I am installing a JM Fab SMIM. My buddy told me to take 4 nuts off my throttle body to remove it from the manifold. I don't see 4 nuts on this thing anywhere. How do I remove this thing without screwing something up?

Thanks

 

[dsmtun3r98gst]

well it should be 2 nuts and 2 bolts. thats what holds the throttle body elbow to the throttle body and the intake manifold. just look at the throttle body elbow. and your going to see what i mean. after you take them off the whole things should come apart in 3 pieces: elbow, throttle body, and intake manifold

One thing that I seem to be puzzled by is that how were you able to take off the intake manifold but you weren't able to figure out how to take the throttle body

 

[halffast1g]

So he meant just take off the 2 bolt and the 2 studs? Or are the studs threaded into the intake mani itself. He kept telling me "just slide it off" but I didn't know if that was correct

 

[dsmtun3r98gst]

well there is 2 nuts and 2 bolts, when you take off the 2 nuts the studs shouldn't come out cus they are threaded all the way into the intake manifold just like the 2 bolts are. but you can still take them off if you wish to but aren't necessary cus after you take the 2 bolts and 2 nuts out the throttle body just slides off unless its stuck . like i said the 2 bolts slide off, and the other 2 only the nut comes off leaving the stub behind cus that holds the gaskets and the throttle body in places instead of falling off when you take them all off

 

[halffast1g]

ok cool. thanks for the help

 

[dsmtun3r98gst]

yeah no worries... let me know how it goes