Oil Filter Options

[peterbaron]

I don't know if you guys have seen these, but K&N puts a little nut on the end of their oil filters that makes them very easy to wrench on and off.
I just ordered a case of them.

... and use an impact gun with M17 socket to tighten

[Gone in 60]

While we're on the subject, I've been sort of depressed lately. I ordered what I thought was Molly to cheer me up some.
Turns out I didn't read the product description completely, and got a box of Mahle oil filters. But, they fit both the Triumph and the 1100, so not a total loss.

[mvk24_imp]

I don't know if you guys have seen these, but K&N puts a little nut on the end of their oil filters that makes them very easy to wrench on and off.
I just ordered a case of them.

As mentioned above those are horrible. I cab literally name 4 friends that have a had those nuts strip/twist and had a nightmare shoving screw drivers through the filters to get them off.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

[Cormanus]

I don't know if you guys have seen these, but K&N puts a little nut on the end of their oil filters that makes them very easy to wrench on and off.
I just ordered a case of them.

Like Monty Python’s Brian, you, Mr Gone, are a very naughty boy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_kKAeh6qyc

[GoldOxide_imp]

I don't know if you guys have seen these, but K&N puts a little nut on the end of their oil filters that makes them very easy to wrench on and off.
I just ordered a case of them.

Just one little nut, eh?

[Gone in 60]

I don't know if you guys have seen these, but K&N puts a little nut on the end of their oil filters that makes them very easy to wrench on and off.
I just ordered a case of them.

Like Monty Python’s Brian, you, Mr Gone, are a very naughty boy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_kKAeh6qyc

Like Monty Python’s Brian, you, Mr Gone, are a very naughty boy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_kKAeh6qyc


Ahh, thank you for that reference. That cheered me up.

[Tev62]

I don't know if you guys have seen these, but K&N puts a little nut on the end of their oil filters that makes them very easy to wrench on and off.
I just ordered a case of them.

As mentioned above those are horrible. I cab literally name 4 friends that have a had those nuts strip/twist and had a nightmare shoving screw drivers through the filters to get them off.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

As mentioned above those are horrible. I cab literally name 4 friends that have a had those nuts strip/twist and had a nightmare shoving screw drivers through the filters to get them off.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
Then those four friends are to blame, regardless of whether there is a nut on top of the filter, they should of known there is no need to use a tool to overtighten an oil filter. If they didn't know that one wonders what else they might of ballsed up on their bike. You might suspect this is the same crowd who over-tighten the chain to and wonder why the output shaft bearing failed.

If they had bothered to read the K&N packaging it is touted as a "wrench-off" design, nothing to do with fitting it.

[Cormanus]

Tev62, respectfully, it is an assumption on your part that the four friends tightened their K&N filters with the nut. If so, they may have deserved what they got. I can say that the one K&N failure that I witnessed was on the bike of a person who would not and did not make such a mistake. The product was faulty. I've no idea whether that is a common occurrence with filters of that design—I'd be surprised as K&N have been in business for a while—but it does seem to me obvious that the K&N filter, even installed properly, contains a possible point of failure that the OEM design simply does not.

In truth, I have no idea whether K&N filters are safe or not. Having seen one fail and spray oil over the muffler and the rear tyre, I will not willingly install one on my bike.

[mvk24_imp]

I don't know if you guys have seen these, but K&N puts a little nut on the end of their oil filters that makes them very easy to wrench on and off.
I just ordered a case of them.

As mentioned above those are horrible. I cab literally name 4 friends that have a had those nuts strip/twist and had a nightmare shoving screw drivers through the filters to get them off.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

As mentioned above those are horrible. I cab literally name 4 friends that have a had those nuts strip/twist and had a nightmare shoving screw drivers through the filters to get them off.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
Then those four friends are to blame, regardless of whether there is a nut on top of the filter, they should of known there is no need to use a tool to overtighten an oil filter. If they didn't know that one wonders what else they might of ballsed up on their bike. You might suspect this is the same crowd who over-tighten the chain to and wonder why the output shaft bearing failed.

If they had bothered to read the K&N packaging it is touted as a "wrench-off" design, nothing to do with fitting it.

As mentioned above those are horrible. I can literally name 4 friends that have a had those nuts strip/twist and had a nightmare shoving screw drivers through the filters to get them off.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
Then those four friends are to blame, regardless of whether there is a nut on top of the filter, they should of known there is no need to use a tool to overtighten an oil filter. If they didn't know that one wonders what else they might of ballsed up on their bike. You might suspect this is the same crowd who over-tighten the chain to and wonder why the output shaft bearing failed.

If they had bothered to read the K&N packaging it is touted as a "wrench-off" design, nothing to do with fitting it. As cormanus stated i am the only one that works out their bikes and I did the oil changes myself with the supplies they bought. This was on multiple different kinds of bikes. The nuts were faulty multiple times over the last 10 years or so I've had experiencewith them. I used one of those on my subaru when I first got it and had the same exact problem but luckily I could use a strap wrench to get it off because it isn't in a tight little area between pipes like on our bikes.

And yes I know an oil filter just goes on hand tight by hand because with use it will get tighter on its own..

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

[Gone in 60]

Oops, forgot to put the lid back on my gasoline can.