Thruxton Stuck Oil Filter

That's an eye watering price you were asked and i've never had a problem using the screwdriver method although I have just bought a filter tool from Lidl for £3.99. I always tighten oil filters by hand, run the engine, check for leaks and then tighten the filter again by hand on the very rare occasion that there is a leak.

 

If you start to puncture or deform the canister you need to be very careful.

If you don’t have a proper canister cup that fits the filter get a couple of jubilee clips that, when joined together, will fit around the canister. Tighten this onto the canister with the clip screws pointing in the direction that the canister needs to rotate to unscrew.

You can then put a drift on the screw heads and with a few taps get the canister turning without deforming it and getting oil all over the place.

 

Haven't trusted them for years....my bike still has 6mth warranty.

I would need to be something major to let them near it.

 

Gosh Dave, goodness knows what the mechanic used to tighten that filter up with, maybe he is a budding bodybuilder, I either use my Snap On web strapped filter remover (now 40 years old) or a Halfords Advanced steel clawed tool, both can either accommodate 3/8ths or 1/2 inch drive ratchets, the Halfords one will remove even the very tightest of filters, oil or diesel canister types. Ride safe all from an ageing Rocker.

 

Before you put the new oil filter on....smear some oil on the sealing ring....stops it grabbing and locking like your has.

 

I always smear oil on both faces of the sealing ring before fitting.