firecat
Junior Member
Hi,
I know I am not the first to post here on this subject but I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction without resorting to the screwdriver!
I decided to do an oil change on my 2008 fazer FZ6 for the summer. I have owned the bike since new and apart from the 600 mile "service" the bike has had nowt done to it in 3900 miles. I lashed out on a filter wrench and set about changing the oil. All went ok until it came to the oil filter removal part! The filter wrench just spun on the filter!
I tried all my other strap type wrenchs to no avail, so my bike is currently sitting in the garage with no oil in it! Am I p*ssed or what! £8 for the filter wrench! Never had this problem before and dont really want to resort to the screwdriver method or for that matter fill up with fresh oil with dirty oil in the old filter - seems a wast to me!
Can anyone recommend a wrench that will get if off? Shops are shut now in the uk so I am screwed until tomorrow I am wondering what the rest of the bike is screwed together like - perhaps I should try the axles - probably solid already!
wtf anyone had to screw the filter on that hard for is lost on me!!
Cheers
Trev
I know I am not the first to post here on this subject but I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction without resorting to the screwdriver!
I decided to do an oil change on my 2008 fazer FZ6 for the summer. I have owned the bike since new and apart from the 600 mile "service" the bike has had nowt done to it in 3900 miles. I lashed out on a filter wrench and set about changing the oil. All went ok until it came to the oil filter removal part! The filter wrench just spun on the filter!
I tried all my other strap type wrenchs to no avail, so my bike is currently sitting in the garage with no oil in it! Am I p*ssed or what! £8 for the filter wrench! Never had this problem before and dont really want to resort to the screwdriver method or for that matter fill up with fresh oil with dirty oil in the old filter - seems a wast to me!
Can anyone recommend a wrench that will get if off? Shops are shut now in the uk so I am screwed until tomorrow I am wondering what the rest of the bike is screwed together like - perhaps I should try the axles - probably solid already!
wtf anyone had to screw the filter on that hard for is lost on me!!
Cheers
Trev