Re: [ST] Oil filter removal

["Denis Liakos" <denoose@xxxxxxx>]

a tad....is that SAE or Metric?
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Garvin" <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] Oil filter removal


> Denis,
>    I know it is just a tad smaller that the old filter. I had one of
> those wrenches that just push on from the bottom and have a 3/8" socket
> hole in them and it was just a tad too big. So I took the oil filter box
> and cut it into strips and lined the inside of the wrench with it to
> make it snug. That worked to get it off and back on.
> Al
>
> Denis Liakos wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know what diameter the NEW filter is?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Denis Liakos
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Thomas Emberson" <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ST] Oil filter removal
> >
> >
> >
> >>Daniel Brown wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Can someone please provide some tips for removing the oil
> >>>filter?  The PO has it on so tight the oil filter cap just
> >>>rotates
> >>>over the filter.  I've checked the size of the cap with a new
> >>>filter
> >>>and it fits.
> >>>I've tried putting rubber bands over the filter to provide some
> >>>'grip' but doesn't work.  (note, the oil plug needed a rubber
> >>>mallet
> >>>to loosen it).
> >>>Oil has been drained but I'm stuck with the old filter.
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Dan
> >>>'02 Sprint ST
> >>>Beaverton, OR
> >>
> >>Sorry, don;t have time to read the rest of the thread, but check out
> >>
> >>http://loman.emberson.net/bikes/screens/oil_change.html
> >>
> >>In short I put a hole in the side of a filter wrench, and a self taping
> >>machine screw in the filter wrench into the filter.
> >>
> >>It was the only way I/we could get a couple of the filters out.
> >>
> >>cheers,
> >>Tom
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Thomas Emberson
> >>
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