Ever had one of those days?

[jerben]

When the mechanic obviously tightened your oil filter down a tad too much and it takes an army to get the damn thing off when you go to do your own oil change.

[snot]

Place I use to go to forgot to tighten my lug nuts... got lucky. They also forgot to put my ebrake cable back.

[chrisknight]

Dang, that was on there. I usually find that when they are on too tight , the gasket gets left behind when you remove the old filter. Worth a double check.

[Beegreenstrings]

Yeah a buddy of mine had his done somewhere. He came to me to do the next oil change on his car. I could lift myself off the ground trying to break it loose. It was insane. I finally drove a screw driver through it (not the smartest thing) then wrapped a bunge cord around it and kept pulling. Finally both of us pulled on the bunge and it spun off throwing oil everywhere.

I just stood there and stared at him. Told him to learn to change his own oil from now on.

[YSR_Racer_99]

If the guys at Jiffy Lube didn't tick you off, you might actually come back, then they'd have to do some work, instead of stand out by the curb holding a "$10 off" sign all day. They get paid the same either way.

Edit: Sorry, thought this was a car oil change.

Edited September 22, 2011 by YSR_Racer_99

[conn-e-rot]

That's how mine filter looked when I did my first oil change Kawasaki must use a robot or something to put the filters on

[motozachl]

Yeah those are suppose to be hand tight. Fawkn auto monkeys crank dem bishes on thar

[Helmutt]

Damn! I'm a firm believer in doing my own oil service on all my vehicles and toys

[jporter12]

We get over-tightened filters all the time. Fram sure grip... Sure to grip it too well when putting it on.

[JJKITTY]

When the mechanic obviously tightened your oil filter down a tad too much and it takes an army to get the damn thing off when you go to do your own oil change.

[Mykill]

Took your car to a Harley dealer again ?

[blake1221]

Dumb question but did you warm up the motor a little first? Last time i changed the oil in the superhawk i forgot to and it was a bitch getting the filter off

[bacchus]

The last 4 bikes I did oil changes on had filters that came off looking like that.

[jerben]

Blake, not a dumb question and yes, I did let it run for about 5 minutes. Long enough to warm up without burning me. lol

Bacchus, that makes me feel better.

Swore I was going to get a hernia trying to get that thing off. Sucks when you don't have a bike lift.

[Hydrant]

I would recommend a set of these. They are from Channel Lock and come in a few different sizes. I use them all the time on our work equipment (nothing worse than hydraulic filtes) and on our farm.

[motozachl]

^yes! those things kick ace! way better than the other oil filter wrench tool that wraps around

[jblosser]

I would recommend a set of these. They are from Channel Lock and come in a few different sizes. I use them all the time on our work equipment (nothing worse than hydraulic filtes) and on our farm.

I have the Harbor Freight version of those, and yes, they work well.

But, I'd recommend going with a K&N filter, they've got a handy 1/2" nut on the end - makes removing it a piece of cake.

[magifesq]

LOL, pic is of a K&N with the bolt @ the end all munched

[Monstrosity]

I would recommend a set of these. They are from Channel Lock and come in a few different sizes. I use them all the time on our work equipment (nothing worse than hydraulic filtes) and on our farm.

I own these and they are a must have!

I have the Harbor Freight version of those, and yes, they work well.

But, I'd recommend going with a K&N filter, they've got a handy 1/2" nut on the end - makes removing it a piece of cake.

Best filter on the market, just my .02

LOL, pic is of a K&N with the bolt @ the end all munched

even thats not a fail safe... monkeypaw!

[ktmryan53]

those wrenches work well as does a strap wrench.