Just want to give special thanks to Lou Ferrigno aka The Incredible Hulk. Apparently Lou has started working for Kawasaki installing oil filters because whoever put this filter on my bike didn't quite understand what torque values are. WTH? Honestly, that thing had to have been put on by a machine because this is ridiculous. I really didn't want to take off the fairing to change oil.
How many of you remove the fairing to change oil?
Yeah but no one has complained that an oil filter leaked or fell off a C-14 yet....
Yep, that factory filter is really put on there. My first filter change involved the ole' screwdriver through the oil filter body trick after which I ripped the oil filter body off the oil filter flange. Opps. It took two pair of Channel Locks and a lot of really bad words in interesting combinations to remove the flange of the filter and leave the mating aluminum face intact. And not a small coating of oil on my arms, my shoulder, etc. Not pretty.
Brian
I didn't have any problems at all getting my factory installed filter off the bike. You guys must be unlucky. Course all I put back on are the K&Ns. I don't remove any fairings to get them off either or tighten them within an inch of their lives. They don't leak either.I think they must be a bunch of girly men. I have taken off every filter with just my bare hand, unless it is still too hot, then I wear one of my white Motor Maid gloves.
I think they must be a bunch of girly men. I have taken off every filter with just my bare hand, unless it is still too hot, then I wear one of my white Motor Maid gloves.
I used this wrench and had absolutely NO PROBLEM:
http://www.directlineparts.com/product.asp?pid=1449&str=4
well worth it
A MANLY man never needs to wait for the oil to drain. He just sets his jaw, squints his eyes and stares at the crancase. The oil flies out and into the drain pan quicker than a Pedrosa holeshot.
Seriously, why pay for a silly wrench (save it for a sultry wench)? Just grab that filter with a MANLY grip and twist with Unbending Intent1
1"The Second Ring of Power" by Carlos casteneda