Right oil filter?
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Shovels have an oil tank. The stock application filter resides inside the tank. Not even close to an Evo OR Twinkie filter.
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Not all Shovels used that configuration. Some later models used the same external spin on oil filter as the Evo.
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You are right RHPAW; I should have clarified that as the only Shovels the TC filter fits is 80 thru 84. If I remember right there were a few Shovels built in 84 and the rest were EVO's.
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People have been using alternate oil filters on their Harleys for decades.
Lots of guys with Shovelheads ran adapters that used automobile oil filters before the small motorcycle spin on filters were available.
Not once have I read a post or heard about any damage or premature wear caused by any oil filter.
Lots of guys with Shovelheads ran adapters that used automobile oil filters before the small motorcycle spin on filters were available.
Not once have I read a post or heard about any damage or premature wear caused by any oil filter.
However I do not remember the circumstances, believe it was a evo but I am not going to say anymore because I don't remember, and who know the real circumstances.
It did make enough of an impression to put me in the "Why take a chance" group.
My biggest fear in not using a "car" filter but getting the wrong filter.
Like I said before the only time I tried to use an aftermarket filter I bought at an Indi and it would not screw on, that scared me enough to never try again.
I wont use a fram, or wix, however I am sure both are made by the same company that makes HD.
Wish Pure would recommend one to fit bikes since they discontinued their bike filters.
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Please back up your statment with more than 2 words. Apparently you know more than the dealership that sells the filters.?? ILL stick with the 77a that is made for the EVO.
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If a filter were put on an Evo, that did not allow the oil to pass through, there would first be a huge mess, because the oil would not return to the tank, and would instead blow out the breather.
Wow, I used a lot of commas in that run on sentence....
Wow, I used a lot of commas in that run on sentence....
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And that is why I said that your statement is not true. Care to back up your statement as to why you say a TC needs less oil flow?
Yes, I think I probably know more than the dealership that sells the filters, and apparently I`m not the only one who thinks this...
Last edited by Dan89FLSTC; Oct 30, 2013 at 05:58 PM.
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Sounds reasonable to me...