06-05-2019, 09:04 AM
Good idea to revive this discussion from time to time, i had no knowledge of these filters failing until i stumbled across a vid on yt.
It appears from the pictures that the "bolt" is spot-welded over a hole in a way that has not got enough strength to resist the pressure inside and breaks off most of the spot-welding, not easy to know there's a hole hiding under that nut and i don't want to try to find out if i can avoid it.
I'm guessing it was a new way to form the outer shell and the process left a hole in the front which the design then covered with a promising nut, have they since thrown the machinery away or just beefed up the welds in the same design?
Knowing this failure can not happen on my bike leaves me to focus on the pleasurable ride instead.
Personally i have never had an oil filter leak at the o ring seal and also no problem removing a used filter, the system seems to work as designed without flaws.
It also never dawned to me to use an automotive filter of the same dimensions if i had to so thanks for that information, very helpful to know
It appears from the pictures that the "bolt" is spot-welded over a hole in a way that has not got enough strength to resist the pressure inside and breaks off most of the spot-welding, not easy to know there's a hole hiding under that nut and i don't want to try to find out if i can avoid it.
I'm guessing it was a new way to form the outer shell and the process left a hole in the front which the design then covered with a promising nut, have they since thrown the machinery away or just beefed up the welds in the same design?
Knowing this failure can not happen on my bike leaves me to focus on the pleasurable ride instead.
Personally i have never had an oil filter leak at the o ring seal and also no problem removing a used filter, the system seems to work as designed without flaws.
It also never dawned to me to use an automotive filter of the same dimensions if i had to so thanks for that information, very helpful to know