Oil change problems 2011 flhp
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If you are using the socket style oil filter wrench and it spins on the end of the filter, place a shop towel over the face of the socket and force it onto the filter. Usually that will prevent it from slipping on a too tight filter. If that doesn't work, time for plan B. Nothing more annoying that dealing with an oil filter that was previously installed by a Gorilla....
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Road Warrior
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From: nj
I bought the oil filter wrench and started to loosen it up the bike started moving, then I put in gear and started to give it some torque to loosen up and I was concerned of it skipping around the filter but all good. Got her going , worse part is I put the filter on and I know that I did not gorilla it on there. Not my first rodeo but scary cause of the limited access space not like my 98 dyna. Thanks again for updates what to do
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I did not like the filter location when HD moved it from under the tranny to the front of the engine. This is what I used to resolve that issue, and next oil change will take 10 minutes, without the 20-30 minutes to clean the unavoidable oil leaked from the filter.
https://www.dkcustomproducts.com/cnc...nc-ofr-uni.htm
https://www.dkcustomproducts.com/cnc...nc-ofr-uni.htm
Road Warrior
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From: Ohio
I did not like the filter location when HD moved it from under the tranny to the front of the engine. This is what I used to resolve that issue, and next oil change will take 10 minutes, without the 20-30 minutes to clean the unavoidable oil leaked from the filter.
https://www.dkcustomproducts.com/cnc...nc-ofr-uni.htm
https://www.dkcustomproducts.com/cnc...nc-ofr-uni.htm
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From: Somewhere on the Bourbon trail
Originally Posted by Germansheperd
Why its just two 7/16” bolts on the regulator and two Torx-45 bolts on the oil cooler.
Last edited by RKZen; May 28, 2024 at 03:49 PM.
