PcH
FZ6 n00b
I thought I'd share my experience of trying to remove an oil filter from the previous owner's work from my 2005 FZ6.
I started off by trying to find a "number 5" oil filter wrench. Couldn't find it anywhere online and some auto stores said they never even heard of it. Cycle Gear claimed they had it, but after trying it, it didn't fit the current filter on there. I tried wrapping a towel around the filter and then using the wrench, but that didn't work either.
So I bought a pair of pliers (the kind designed to remove oil filters). It started crushing the filter and I accidentally tightened it instead of loosening it. Ugh. Again, I tried with the towel but this time with towel + pliers. Still didn't budge. What kind of gorilla torqued this down?!
I was ready to give in, but didn't and decided to hammer through it with a flat head screw driver. It WORKED. Make sure you hammer the flat head all the way through both sides of the filter and turn. If you don't hammer all the way through, you'll just start ripping the filter as you turn.
I did this using only the side stand, because I found the center stand prevented me from getting an extra couple inches per turn. I had to stab all the way through about 3 times to get the filter to the point of easily removing it with my bare hands.
Oh yeah, and definitely invest in the K&N oil filter with the hex nut on the end. It was SO easy to install and I can only imagine it being super easy to remove.
Here are the results on my work:
Let's begin..
Getting worse..
Wow, is this even removable?
SUCCESS
I started off by trying to find a "number 5" oil filter wrench. Couldn't find it anywhere online and some auto stores said they never even heard of it. Cycle Gear claimed they had it, but after trying it, it didn't fit the current filter on there. I tried wrapping a towel around the filter and then using the wrench, but that didn't work either.
So I bought a pair of pliers (the kind designed to remove oil filters). It started crushing the filter and I accidentally tightened it instead of loosening it. Ugh. Again, I tried with the towel but this time with towel + pliers. Still didn't budge. What kind of gorilla torqued this down?!
I was ready to give in, but didn't and decided to hammer through it with a flat head screw driver. It WORKED. Make sure you hammer the flat head all the way through both sides of the filter and turn. If you don't hammer all the way through, you'll just start ripping the filter as you turn.
I did this using only the side stand, because I found the center stand prevented me from getting an extra couple inches per turn. I had to stab all the way through about 3 times to get the filter to the point of easily removing it with my bare hands.
Oh yeah, and definitely invest in the K&N oil filter with the hex nut on the end. It was SO easy to install and I can only imagine it being super easy to remove.
Here are the results on my work:
Let's begin..
Getting worse..
Wow, is this even removable?
SUCCESS