Oil filter failure.... Complete loss of oil pressure

[kennyw]

I mentioned the recall to my son. He, too, has two motorcycles and I wasn't sure if he used that filter. He suggested that perhaps people were using the nut to *tighten* the filter rather than just installing hand-tight. Using the nut only to *loosen* to remove the filter, where failure would not be catastrophic, may be a better procedure.

For those who have experienced this failure, do we know if the nut was used to tighten the filter upon initial installation?

Most reports I have seen mention the filter being hand tight.