Oil filter
Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 240
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From: Norman Oklahoma
On the road with the motorcycle cannonball this year I needed to change the oil in my 2003 Roadking . Not wanting to pay those H D prices I changed my own oil . Take a small phillips or screw driver and punch two holes in the end of the filter Note place a rag over the filter first to keep oil from spitting at you on the second hole. Place the holes about 1- 1/4 inches apart. Take a pair of needle nose pliers put the ends of the pliers in the holes and turn the filter . No wrench needed. Hope this helps.
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 228
Likes: 1
From: Katy, TX
On the road with the motorcycle cannonball this year I needed to change the oil in my 2003 Roadking . Not wanting to pay those H D prices I changed my own oil . Take a small phillips or screw driver and punch two holes in the end of the filter Note place a rag over the filter first to keep oil from spitting at you on the second hole. Place the holes about 1- 1/4 inches apart. Take a pair of needle nose pliers put the ends of the pliers in the holes and turn the filter . No wrench needed. Hope this helps.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,456
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From: Deep South, Louisiana
When I did my first oil change I had trouble getting the filter off. I had the special cup cut out filter wrench also. I think they put the filter on with a big impact. I could not get it off with a regular length socket wrench and had to get a breaker bar. It was so ridiculously tight I thought the filter would ripp open.
Glad to hear you got it off. I had the same problem on my first oil change, and I have an oil cooler on my bike that blocks access from the front, so the only way you can get the filter off is working from the left side. I bought a flutted cap type with a 1/2" drive on the end, but it just spun through and wouldn't budge the filter. Then, I bought a strap oil filter wrench and it works great.
http://www.foxruntools.com/strapoilfilterwrench.aspx
Mike
http://www.foxruntools.com/strapoilfilterwrench.aspx
Mike
Road Captain
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 547
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From: Illinois Corn Desert
Glad to hear you got it off. I had the same problem on my first oil change, and I have an oil cooler on my bike that blocks access from the front, so the only way you can get the filter off is working from the left side. I bought a flutted cap type with a 1/2" drive on the end, but it just spun through and wouldn't budge the filter. Then, I bought a strap oil filter wrench and it works great.
http://www.foxruntools.com/strapoilfilterwrench.aspx
Mike
http://www.foxruntools.com/strapoilfilterwrench.aspx
Mike
I have heard a strap-on can get the job done when your wrench isn't big enough or working right. LOL!!
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 10,216
Likes: 224
From: Glendale AZ
Yup thats what I did.....the first ones appear to all be on real tight. I figure they are assembly line automated installs or something along those lines.
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Road Captain
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 547
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From: Illinois Corn Desert
My first oil change was a bear too. Took me ten minutes to remove that sucker and the gasket stayed on. Might be why it was so difficult because I was removing the gasket from the filter can. Did use the strap type wrench also. No problems since.
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,000
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From: S.E. NC
I didn't know it but those that fit the end come in many, many different sizes. The one I bought at NAPA was plastic and just slipped. The one from Advance is metal and worked. Using a breaker bar with it.