I'm about to break something

[jestor00]

My stupid oil filter is froze on my bike the nut is completely rounded off on my K and N i'm about to jam a screwdriver through the side to attempt to get it off.  Any suggestions before I do anything hasty?

[Desmostro]

Google "oil filter tool" take your pick. Turns round oily thing easily. < $8.

[jestor00]

heh maybe, I just got my bike back after 8 months and i really want to get it running been working on it for 5 hours with 2 trips to the store and only have the air filter in and the cam belts changed ;( still have to pop a new clutch pack in.

Dont want to go to the store again, but that may be the safest bet.

[He Man]

If your jamming a screw driver into it and its not budging, you might be going the wrong way....

[aaronb]

the screw driver method should be last resort.  once you rip up the housing many other options go away. 

[scduc]

If this is the first oil change on a new bike, good luck. I had to resort to the screwdriver technic after all else failed. Make absolutely sure that you are going the right way. Also, before you get the driver ready, stop by the local hardware store and get a pair of the largest channel locks they have. this should be tried first.

[Super T.I.B]

If your jamming a screw driver into it and its not budging, you might be going the wrong way....

Righty tighty, lefty loosey. 

[Desmostro]

Righty tighty, lefty loosey. 

Laying on your back looking up - because filter is pointing down.

[Super T.I.B]

Laying on your back looking up - because filter is pointing down.

Same, same.

[Spidey]

Lemme repeat what others have said:  lefty loosey, righty tighty.

FROM ON YOUR BACK LOOKING UP

I've screwed that up myself too many times to count.  <sigh>

[DrDesmo]

16" Channel Locks

Bought them when I had to take a stubborn filter off my ST2 when I first got it, and had to use them again when removing the filter off the S4R - the guy I sold it to over the winter had his "expert mechanic" work on it ... 

http://www.channellock.com/acb/stores/1/460_-_16_inch_Tongue_and_Groov_P21C3.cfm



They will take any filter off anything without puncturing it.  And they double as a bludgeoning instrument!

Adam

[sbrguy]

goto an autozone and get the type of filter wrench that chris from ca-cycleworks uses they basically look like large channel locks but have curved parts that grip the filter, i got this type and it works great.  basically because they are channel locks.

[DrDesmo]

Google "oil filter tool" take your pick. Turns round oily thing easily. < $8.

If a filter was way over torqued or the gasket melted on, these may or may not work ... They usually do not 

Adam

[Grampa]

take a real long screw driver and pound it through the filter with a hammer..... then grab the handle and twist off ( I saw a mechanic do that once) 

[desmodue]

Google "oil filter tool" take your pick. Turns round oily thing easily. < $8.

Take this type of filter wrench (either new or thoroughly degreased) and cut a strip of anti-skid tape, (AKA skateboard tape) and fit to the ID of the loop. Leave a little bit of it uncovered for the overlap that happens as the wrenchs tightens on the filter.