Sggesting people punching a screwdriver thru the filter to remove it is like saying to adjust your valves using a sledgehammer......
use your brain, and think it thru.
Brians hose clamp and slitted cap wrench is a great idea, I took a different approach seeingas when I needed one, I didn't have a clamp big enough handy, so shooting a self drilling/tapping #12 screw thru the hole in my cap wrench and into the filter made it work fine...
easy fix, no damages, no embarrasing riped apart filter.
