Oil Filter Removal

[wild andy]

HELP i own a 1996 r 1100 GS and i am havin trouble removeing the oil filter. I have the tool to remove it but the oil filter just turns but doesnt cum off. i have taken it to local bike shop and they had a go with no success. they reckon trying to cut it out might do the trick. has any one else had this problem in the past are no of a better way to get it out PLEASE PLEASE HELP please give me a bell 07759728495 andy .

 

[Bigtwin]

Cut the bulb bit off with brute ignorance and a drill and hacksaw, then grab the remaining rim with a decent set of mole grips, bend it inwards (i.e. make a "hart shape" out of it) and it'll come off. You may have to hammer and screwdriver it a bit to get it to bend.

Classic Bodgeit and Force engineering job - ensure you have a mug of tea and a roll-up!

 

[cookie]

is the can of the filter spinning & the base staying still, or is it the more common problem of the filter tool spinning on the can?

if it's the latter, wedge some sandpaper between the tool & the filter. if it's the former, big twin's probably covered it.

 

[Steptoe]

i have taken it to local bike shop and they had a go with no success.

are no of a better way to get it out

Change your bike shop.

As cookie advises. Wet and dry wrapped around inside the oil filter tool, then hit it onto the filter. Job done. No mess.

 

[Dick Dastardly]

Wet and dry wrapped around inside the oil filter tool, then hit it onto the filter. Job done. No mess.

That's what i had to do once, when inadvertantly i didn't check the old filter base and the old O ring had been left in-situ when i got the old filter off......New oil, fire her up....pissy oil all over.

Never again, check every time now.