stuburn oil filter...any tricks for removal?
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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