Yep they work the best.....


Seriously how old are you? You never had a tight oil filter Just bustin on you Sounds like your just gettin to ole to ride Touring to soft tail now cant get the filter off..Yikes what next? How to put your feet down at a stop sign:icon_lo lsign:

 

Old enough to have punched holes in filters,,,,young enough to not have to put my feet down at a stop sign

 

Punching a couple holes in the filter saves a lot of mess. Lean bike on jiffy stand and make a trough out of something (cardboard, etc...) to channel the oil into your drain pain. it prevents the oil from leaking out the base of the filter and running down your engine

 

This is true, I think most of us know that little trick I'm talking about when you unscrew it….and aren't using surgical gloves or a towel….or tin foil...yes, I am that impatient.

 

I thought stop signs were suggestions!!!!

 

The other option is you just don't care if a little oil drips down the front.

 

Unfortunately, I didn't have a filter socket to fit it....I do now though.

I'm really starting to like this guy........

I'm 50, and I definitely NEVER had a filter THIS tight...tight ones yes, but, I thought I was going to break the mount and everything attached to it completely off. But thanks for your insightful opinion........

Totally agree with that! The first hole I punched drained the oil nicely into a catch pan (a plastic storage lid) that I had.

 

FWIW... I found that cutting the bottom out of a 20 oz water bottle with the lid screwed on the top and slipping it over an already loosened filter makes it easy to grasp through the bottle and unscrew it the rest of the way, letting it slide deeper into the neck of the bottle and catching most of the oil.
Obviously that wouldn't work on a filter that had metal beavers chew raggedly through the sides of the filter..

 

Excellent suggestion! I'll be using it next oil change!

 

Which also means you don't care if your engine mount rots away.