Stuck Oil Filter
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Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Florida
I don't know where on the bike your oil filter is but on mine, with a Oil cooler, I can not get my hands around the oil filter to "Hand" tighten it. I have to use a wrench to add that 1/2 turn.
Not to mention there is oil everywhere making things real slick.
Not to mention there is oil everywhere making things real slick.
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Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Knoxville, Tn
Hand Tight
That extra 1/3 of a turn with the filter wrench may come back and haunt you next oil change. Never use a filter wrench to tighten an oil filter, hand tight is good enough. I've done 100's of oil changes on heavy equipment and never had a fuel or oil filter leak or come loose by just using my hand to tighten them.
Like someone else said "use the strap wrench on the end of the filter. I use an end cap filter tool and a strap wrench after the dealer so the service.
Glad you got it off.
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