K& N Oil Filter Cross Threaded

I would personally use a different filter. That's just me.

 

Hi Snoops,
Welcome to the forum.
Firstly, well done for doing your own servicing and detecting the filter was going on wrong.
DD is absolutely right, it will probably be okay but it is your decision.
If you have only tightened gently by hand and not all the way on, my thoughts are it will be perfectly okay.
Just keep any eye on it for any leaks for the the first week like you should after any oil change.

 

Don't be too hard on yourself Snoopatron.
You had the sense to take it off and ask for advice which is commendable.
There are workshops with 'fully trained mechanics' who would have fitted that and not given it a second thought.
Buy an OEM filter, that's what I did for my Bonnie, only about 70 pence more if you shop around on eBay.
When you are fitting it, get yourself as comfortable as possible with the bike upright then it is a lot easier to keep every thing nice and square, feel it gently into the thread, there should be virtually no resistance.

 

When you bash them on with a hammer, it takes the risk of cross threading away.

 

I'd probably use an impact gun to get it nice and tight, three or four "dugga duggas" is normally the correct torque for an oil filter

*This is a joke, please don't do this!*

 

Yeah, just keep your finger on the trigger until it turns slowly going dugga dugga

 

To tighten the new filter you can always use the trick some mechanics used to get the old ones off if they were stuck, get a big long screwdriver and knock it thru the filter so it comes out t'other side, then grab both sides of the said screwdriver and twist. You will get a nice fit at the gasket, with no leak but it is slightly possible you may get a little weep from the screwdriver holes. lol.

Seriously, do not overtighten the filter,that can cause more problems for you. I gave up with cheap replacement filters years ago when I had a CB750. I used to change the oil twice as often as I needed to and one time, after buying a cheap filter ( before the days of ebay), the insides of the filter had broken up, luckily I got to it in time before the damage. I am not a fan of K and N either.