Just wanted to vent a little...
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another tip.... to clean the oil off your garage floor, get a bag of plain old kitty litter. spread a little on the oil spot/stain.... let it soak up a bit. Cat litter is clay...grind it into the oil spot/stain with your foot. This will break the clay down into a dust, which will wick up the oil from the pores of the concrete. A little messy, but once you sweep and clean up, the stain will be gone, along with any traces of oil.
I always change my oil on a warm engine.... this makes sure the all contaminants and junk are in the oil, it flows faster and gives me another reason to ride!! You have good tips above, use 'em and you will improve your skills.
I always change my oil on a warm engine.... this makes sure the all contaminants and junk are in the oil, it flows faster and gives me another reason to ride!! You have good tips above, use 'em and you will improve your skills.
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Hard to believe that a dealer would hose up a simple oil change, especially twice in a row but stranger things happen. IDK what bike you have but with the touring bikes there is little room to get anything around the filter for removal. Smooth move with K&N and I will only use them. Best of luck going forward. Let us know how it goes with getting that one off. It might help someone else going forward.
The tech is the last guy to have done some actual work to the bike and thus possibly knorcked it up.
My 02 Ultra had issues with the cps sensor being to tall and that one had to remove the sensor in order to get that filter off.
Eventually I had to change out the cps and found that the new ones where shorter and thus allowed free removal of said oil filter with much ease.
Aside from dribbling oil upon removal and re-install of a pre-lubed oil filter.
Hey pei_guy, hows bud the spud doin?
Rob
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pei_guy (09-08-2018)
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another tip.... to clean the oil off your garage floor, get a bag of plain old kitty litter. spread a little on the oil spot/stain.... let it soak up a bit. Cat litter is clay...grind it into the oil spot/stain with your foot. This will break the clay down into a dust, which will wick up the oil from the pores of the concrete. A little messy, but once you sweep and clean up, the stain will be gone, along with any traces of oil.
Every Harley owner should have a big bag of kitty litter.
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The dealer isnt totally at fault , well ok they hired the tech.
The tech is the last guy to have done some actual work to the bike and thus possibly knorcked it up.
My 02 Ultra had issues with the cps sensor being to tall and that one had to remove the sensor in order to get that filter off.
Eventually I had to change out the cps and found that the new ones where shorter and thus allowed free removal of said oil filter with much ease.
Aside from dribbling oil upon removal and re-install of a pre-lubed oil filter.
Hey pei_guy, hows bud the spud doin?
Rob
The tech is the last guy to have done some actual work to the bike and thus possibly knorcked it up.
My 02 Ultra had issues with the cps sensor being to tall and that one had to remove the sensor in order to get that filter off.
Eventually I had to change out the cps and found that the new ones where shorter and thus allowed free removal of said oil filter with much ease.
Aside from dribbling oil upon removal and re-install of a pre-lubed oil filter.
Hey pei_guy, hows bud the spud doin?
Rob
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If you're referring to the HD endcap oil filter wrench (part # 94863-10), I had a devil of a time getting the filter off for a first oil change on not one but two HDs with this almost useless gizmo. Maybe the overtight oil filter is a factory thing. Now I won't use anything but a K&N filter with the 17mm nut on the top.
Last edited by shorelasHD; 09-08-2018 at 04:01 PM. Reason: typo, hate em
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these work for getting off a a stuck filter. Can only rotate 1-2cm at a time, but once its loose, pull it off then use your hand to loosen. Install new filter and only hand tighten per manual
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I have a rubber strap wrench too, but if filter is tight it wont work - had Jackson, MS Harley do that to a filter on a tour.
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I have a rubber strap wrench too, but if filter is tight it wont work - had Jackson, MS Harley do that to a filter on a tour.
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