Re: [ST] Triumph Oil Filter Alert.

["Denis Liakos" <denoose@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the heads up, Al.  I thought my oil filter wrench had somehow
expanded!  Thankfully, I had one spare of the "old style" filter left, and
will use your cardboard shim method next time.

Denis Liakos
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Garvin" <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ST Email List" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:42 AM
Subject: [ST] Triumph Oil Filter Alert.


> Yesterday I went to my local Triumph dealer to get a jug of Mobile 1 and
> a new filter. The counter guy says "Guess What"  the filter diameter has
> changed. If you want to buy a new wrench they are $29.00.   I guess
> Triumph has a new oil filter supplier. It is Toyo Roki Mfg.co.ltd of
> Japan. The new filter is 64 mm across the flats where the wrench goes.
> The old filter was 68 mm across the flats. The old filter used a style
> "G" wrench and it just slips around when you apply it to the new filter.
> So off I went to my local auto parts store this morning to pick up a new
> wrench and they did not have one that fit like the style "G" wrench but
>   I bought a Lisle Import car filter wrench Model 63600 which is
> expandable from 63.5 mm to 79.4mm and it cost me $15.00 out the door.
> As I was driving home an idea occured to me to use my existing style "G"
> wrench (which I had paid $4.00 for and Triumph wanted $19.00 when I
> bought it a couple of years ago). I took the official Triumph box that
> the filter came in and cut it open so that when I layed it flat I could
> cut a couple of  strips out of it that were 1" wide by 8" long. I took
> these two strips, layed them on top of one another and layed them inside
> of the style "G" filter wrench and then stuck the new filter into it and
> low and behold it was enough to make it a tight fit. So I think I'll
> take my $15.00 new wrench back.
> Al Garvin
> San Martin, Cal.
>
>
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