Oil filter change
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From: Centennial, CO
Some have used a soda bottle with the bottom cut off. Poke a hole in the top of the filter where the side meets the end and loosen the filter. When the hole reaches the bottom it will drain into the soda bottle. I have not done this myself. I just wipe with the "show" towels and spray it down with brake cleaner.
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From: Illinois
Harley sells this oil thing that fits under the filter for the oil to flow to a pan. Poke a hole in the end and let it drain on oil thing, break filter lose so it can get air and better drain after you have poked the hole in it. It's been the cleanest and easiest way I have ever done it.
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From: Lake Tahoe California
I (re)use heavy duty aluminum foil shaped to fit under the filter and guides oil into the oil pan below the bike. It still makes a mess, just less so. I have tried everything to stop the mess. It is just a lousy design.
Brake cleaner (to remove the mess), followed by pig spit is the only way to keep the engine looking nice and clean after an oil and filter change... F that (those) engineer(s) and bean counters for not designing (or agreeing to) a better solution after all of these years and thousands of gallons of cumulative spills.
Brake cleaner (to remove the mess), followed by pig spit is the only way to keep the engine looking nice and clean after an oil and filter change... F that (those) engineer(s) and bean counters for not designing (or agreeing to) a better solution after all of these years and thousands of gallons of cumulative spills.
Tourer
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From: Port Orange, FL
cereal box
The vertical end of a cereal box works pretty well. Just cut one end of the box so you have a vertical channel sort of shaped like a vertical "U". Then cut the "U" into a "V". One side of the "V" is about one inch and the other side of the "V" is about 2". Slide the thing under the filter with the short side facing the motor all the way underneath the filter. The length of the thing just about makes it to the left floorboard where you can kind of direct the flow into an awaiting container below. A little mess as always, but it's the best thing I've tried so far. Then the obligatory brake cleaner spray to complete the job after the new filter is put on.
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Cruiser
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Transmission clunk
My sportster had this same issue when changing gears and my heritage is doing the same thing, it doesn't do it all the time but most of the time, I have tried different rpm's but that doesn't help. Is this normal?
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I intended to make this post a new thread but it didn't work out, damn iPad..lol.
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Good time for the thread, I'm about to change my oil this week.
I was going to buy the Harley "oil thing", but after reading these comments perhaps I'll just try to trap as much as possible and put down kitty litter under the bike to catch the rouge oil, then clean up afterwards.
I was going to buy the Harley "oil thing", but after reading these comments perhaps I'll just try to trap as much as possible and put down kitty litter under the bike to catch the rouge oil, then clean up afterwards.