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From: Pip Luscher on 21 Jun 2010 16:09 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:38:38 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" <eastREMOVEkent(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >"Krusty" <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message >news:hvnne1$3d5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >> It's not always possible to get a hand in (fnaar). And the SV workshop >> manual specifically says not to hand tighten, but do two full turns >> once the gasket touches the face. I've no idea if it's possible to do >> two full turns by hand - didn't need to find out thanks to the K&N's >> nut. >> > >Two full turns? By christ that must be tight. That's what I thought; my car's one is supposed to be one full turn but it's hard work tightening it that far. maybe Krusty's bike has finer threads and/or thicker O-rings than most? -- -Pip
From: Beav on 22 Jun 2010 18:30 "Eiron" <E1ron(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8893vqF9iqU1(a)mid.individual.net... > On 21/06/2010 13:17, Krusty wrote: >> Beav wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> "Krusty"<dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message >>> news:hvn920$agq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> ...can't everyone put 17mm hex head lumps on the end of their oil >>>> filters like wot K&N do? It makes life so much more civilised. >>> >>> Coz if they did, Snap-On wouldn't have been able to sell me a >>> spiffing adjustable and (so far) totally unbeaten filter clampy thing. >> >> Is it one of those things with 3 legs that move closer together as you >> turn the central nut? If so, it won't work on MVs or 955 Tigers. > > And won't fit a new filter without scratching it. You shouldn't use tools to fit them. Hand tight is more than enough if the sealing ring has had a smear of oil applied before fitting the filter. -- Beav
From: SIRPip on 26 Jun 2010 17:02 Beav wrote: > "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:xn0gvupeo24gkjc000(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > I bought one of these: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12-Slip-Joint-Oil-Filter-Pliers-Wrench-Removal > > -Too l-/250656445786 > > > > All very similar, I expect. I couldn't get at the Vectra filter > > without something like this and because of its rather odd shape it > > slips in between and behind exhaust headers and downtubes on bikes > > surprisingly easily. > > Exactly the same as the Snap-On ones apart from the colour. Well, they /look/ the same. > > > > Because of the leverage possible at the business end it doesn't > > need to be used as intended, perpendicular to the filter, it works > > just as well in line with it, using a big adjustable spanner across > > the handles to provide leverage to rotate it. For the cost, one of > > the most useful tools I've ever bought. > > Yep, and strong enough to take abuse where it wasn't intended. It has, I confess, come in handy for doing odd jobs it was never intended to do and hasn't ripped, slipped or turned inside out yet. I wish I could say the same for some special-purpose tools costing an order of magnitude more. -- SIRPip : B12
From: Champ on 26 Jun 2010 17:18 On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:25:09 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I bought one of these: > >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12-Slip-Joint-Oil-Filter-Pliers-Wrench-Removal-Tool-/250656445786 <looks> <notes prices> >All very similar, I expect. I couldn't get at the Vectra filter >without something like this and because of its rather odd shape it >slips in between and behind exhaust headers and downtubes on bikes >surprisingly easily. > >Because of the leverage possible at the business end it doesn't need to >be used as intended, perpendicular to the filter, it works just as well >in line with it, using a big adjustable spanner across the handles to >provide leverage to rotate it. For the cost, one of the most useful >tools I've ever bought. <notes recommendation> <clicks Buy It Now> -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Lozzo on 26 Jun 2010 17:34
Champ wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:25:09 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip" > <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I bought one of these: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12-Slip-Joint-Oil-Filter-Pliers-Wrench-Removal > > -Tool-/250656445786 > > <looks> > > <notes prices> > > > All very similar, I expect. I couldn't get at the Vectra filter > > without something like this and because of its rather odd shape it > > slips in between and behind exhaust headers and downtubes on bikes > > surprisingly easily. > > > > Because of the leverage possible at the business end it doesn't > > need to be used as intended, perpendicular to the filter, it works > > just as well in line with it, using a big adjustable spanner across > > the handles to provide leverage to rotate it. For the cost, one of > > the most useful tools I've ever bought. > > <notes recommendation> > > <clicks Buy It Now> They are similar to my Snap-On ones, only I have red handles on mine -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) |