I just get the standard black HD evo filter, and then when I go to change the oil, use the HD billet wrench that fits on a 3/8 ratchet extension and screw er' off. No problems..
Never torque your filter on either, maybe snug, but not torqued....
That would be my recommendation. JMO...

 

Yes I got it off and I have changed many, many oil filters in my life on cars and bikes.

The guy that put it on must have used an impact to install it. It was by far the hardest oil filer I have ever had to take off.

I now use the Wix oil filters.

Never thought I would need a cutoff wheel to take off an oil filter. If I had not done it myself I would not have beleived it could have been that hard!

Anyway back on the road with new tires and a fresh oil change!

Ride safe.

 

HD filters have a check ball that auto filters don't have. I allways use HD,
it may not matter but better safe than sorry. I also use chrome and never
had any problm.

 

I usually use the old oil to lube the gasket. Hand tight and1/2 turn. I would alson check the bolt that holds the housing to the bike while the tire is off as that is the only way to get to it.

 

quote: I beleive I am turning it in the correct direction for removal. Basically pushing the oil filter wrench towards the front of the passenger side.


I believe you are tightening the filter doing it that way.

Hogdoctor

 

Most auto filters have that anti-drainback valve, though it is not a ball check valve in either HD or car filters, but more of a "flapper" type valve. The Wix (and NAPA, since Wix makes them for NAPA) filters have them, at least in the several versions for HDs.

 

- its the pressure of the spring behind that check valve
that is important. Ie , it ought to be tailored to your
oil system's pressure characteristics.

- imho.

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Yep, and if you buy a good filter specified by by the filter manufacturer to your bike, it will fall in the range required. You'd be surprised at how loose the tolerances are on those specs. And the spring pressure is actually secondary to the sealing surfaces. Many lesser quality filters have crappy sealing, and it doesn't matter whether the spring pressure is spot-on. Besides, this system is only in effect when the bike is shut down, to keep the oil from draining back through the filter.

 

Thank you.

 

- i think that there are two separate things here.

- one , there are some filters which have a one-way valve to prevent
oil draining out of the filter upon shutdown.

- two , there are filters which have a blow-by valve to allow oil to
flow , unfiltered , when the filter clogs.
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