how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
#11
12-17-2006 | 01:11 PM
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RE: how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
Oil change is a 15 minute job. Takes me longer to buy the oil and filter than it does to do the job.
No special tools needed except an oil filter wrench, a socket and allen wrench.
Get a service manual. After you start doing one thing yourself, you will find that you do more and more as time goes on, and the manual will guide you in about anything you want to do.
Regards,
Bill
No special tools needed except an oil filter wrench, a socket and allen wrench.
Get a service manual. After you start doing one thing yourself, you will find that you do more and more as time goes on, and the manual will guide you in about anything you want to do.
Regards,
Bill
#12
12-17-2006 | 01:24 PM
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RE: how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
Do your own. it's easy. Jusy make sure you don't tighten the new filter down too tight. You can get everything you need from WalMart. They even have the chrome filters at mine. Also, make sure you clean any drippage that gets down onto the lower engine mounts. Eventually that oil can cause the rubber mounts to become hard and crack.
PS Make sure you are putting the correct fluids in the correct holes. There was a typo in the 06 SB manual (I think). Do a search for this on the forum.
PS Make sure you are putting the correct fluids in the correct holes. There was a typo in the 06 SB manual (I think). Do a search for this on the forum.
#13
12-17-2006 | 06:30 PM
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RE: how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
I went and bought all the tools I needed to change the engine, trans & primary oil in my Dyna.
3/8 drive sears wratchet with standard and metric sockets
3/8 drive sears torque wrench which happens to be on sale right now ( get the one that measues 25-200 inch lbs)
1 3/8 drive short socket extension
1 3/8 drive long extension
1 set of sears torx bits (you will need bit #27 for the primary)
a 3/8 drive to 1/4 drive adapter for the torque wrench and the #27 torx bit
1-HD Dyna service manual on-line from Zanotti's
1-3/8 allen wrench or allen socket for the trans plug.
1 HD oil filter wrench with the cutaway for the sensor (dealer item $9)
That's it. I never jack my bike up to change the oil. I just put a 1" block of wood under the jiffy.
Right now Sears has all these craftsman tools on sale for Christmas........send your wish list to Santa.
Oh yeah.........I will never let anyone change my oil again.......
It's so easy this guy could do it.........
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3/8 drive sears wratchet with standard and metric sockets
3/8 drive sears torque wrench which happens to be on sale right now ( get the one that measues 25-200 inch lbs)
1 3/8 drive short socket extension
1 3/8 drive long extension
1 set of sears torx bits (you will need bit #27 for the primary)
a 3/8 drive to 1/4 drive adapter for the torque wrench and the #27 torx bit
1-HD Dyna service manual on-line from Zanotti's
1-3/8 allen wrench or allen socket for the trans plug.
1 HD oil filter wrench with the cutaway for the sensor (dealer item $9)
That's it. I never jack my bike up to change the oil. I just put a 1" block of wood under the jiffy.
Right now Sears has all these craftsman tools on sale for Christmas........send your wish list to Santa.
Oh yeah.........I will never let anyone change my oil again.......
It's so easy this guy could do it.........
[IMG]local://upfiles/8030/035FA362F9E6469495785A159AE3052B.jpg[/IMG]
#14
12-17-2006 | 07:24 PM
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RE: how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
I guess I must have misunderstood. When I change oil I do the engine, transmission, and primary all at the same time in which case you will have to hold the bike in an upright position to get the proper oil level in the primary. I would differ that being a 10 minuite job.
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#15
12-17-2006 | 07:42 PM
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RE: how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
ORIGINAL: KBFXDLI
I went and bought all the tools I needed to change the engine, trans & primary oil in my Dyna.
3/8 drive sears wratchet with standard and metric sockets
3/8 drive sears torque wrench which happens to be on sale right now ( get the one that measues 25-200 inch lbs)
1 3/8 drive short socket extension
1 3/8 drive long extension
1 set of sears torx bits (you will need bit #27 for the primary)
a 3/8 drive to 1/4 drive adapter for the torque wrench and the #27 torx bit
1-HD Dyna service manual on-line from Zanotti's
1-3/8 allen wrench or allen socket for the trans plug.
1 HD oil filter wrench with the cutaway for the sensor (dealer item $9)
That's it. I never jack my bike up to change the oil. I just put a 1" block of wood under the jiffy.
Right now Sears has all these craftsman tools on sale for Christmas........send your wish list to Santa.
Oh yeah.........I will never let anyone change my oil again.......
It's so easy this guy could do it.........
[IMG]local://upfiles/8030/035FA362F9E6469495785A159AE3052B.jpg[/IMG]
I went and bought all the tools I needed to change the engine, trans & primary oil in my Dyna.
3/8 drive sears wratchet with standard and metric sockets
3/8 drive sears torque wrench which happens to be on sale right now ( get the one that measues 25-200 inch lbs)
1 3/8 drive short socket extension
1 3/8 drive long extension
1 set of sears torx bits (you will need bit #27 for the primary)
a 3/8 drive to 1/4 drive adapter for the torque wrench and the #27 torx bit
1-HD Dyna service manual on-line from Zanotti's
1-3/8 allen wrench or allen socket for the trans plug.
1 HD oil filter wrench with the cutaway for the sensor (dealer item $9)
That's it. I never jack my bike up to change the oil. I just put a 1" block of wood under the jiffy.
Right now Sears has all these craftsman tools on sale for Christmas........send your wish list to Santa.
Oh yeah.........I will never let anyone change my oil again.......
It's so easy this guy could do it.........
[IMG]local://upfiles/8030/035FA362F9E6469495785A159AE3052B.jpg[/IMG]
Hey, there are still a few of us around ya know! I'm so pissed, i'm going back to the cave....lousy homosapiens.
#16
12-17-2006 | 07:54 PM
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RE: how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
07StreetBob,
Big repeat here, but it must be said for emphasis . . . Get a service manual and follow it. Its the single best investment you can make in your ride. When it says don't do something, don't, and when it says do something, do it. A good service manger will talk you through the procedure. If your's won't, find another dealership and service manager.
Like Rocket350 said, keep your manual in the crapper and you'll be reading it like Pamela Anderson's diary.
GPG
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Big repeat here, but it must be said for emphasis . . . Get a service manual and follow it. Its the single best investment you can make in your ride. When it says don't do something, don't, and when it says do something, do it. A good service manger will talk you through the procedure. If your's won't, find another dealership and service manager.
Like Rocket350 said, keep your manual in the crapper and you'll be reading it like Pamela Anderson's diary.
GPG
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#17
12-17-2006 | 09:25 PM
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From: Ventura, CA (So Cal)
RE: how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
I put a 2x4 under the kick stand and it's a little tricky getting my oil change thing under the bike. I use the same oil filter wrench that i bought at pepboys for my ford ranger, you just have to know how to get in in there between the frame rails. It costs me $64 for my last oil change, and that didn't include o-rings or a new derby cover gasket. Thats strickly oils and filter. I use syn3 in the motor, belray gear lube in the trans and convetional primary fluid, and a chrome oil filter, all from HD.
#18
12-18-2006 | 12:38 AM
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RE: how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
Insead of having two people for the oil change buy a lean right jiffy stand at lean-right .com. This is what I use to do the primary fill and it could be used when ever you need to do work on the left side of the engine. It is self explanatory lean right that is.
#19
12-18-2006 | 02:38 AM
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#20
12-18-2006 | 06:25 PM
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RE: how tough is it to do your own oil changes?
ORIGINAL: MasterRye
I did not see this posted by anyone else, but I may have just missed it. Make sure you have something to catch the oil from under filter when you remove it.
I did not see this posted by anyone else, but I may have just missed it. Make sure you have something to catch the oil from under filter when you remove it.