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oil filter cover question
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:42 pm
by Garrett Bennett
I've got an 08 and i changed the oil, and I can take out the screws holding on the oil filter cover but the cover wont come off it has alot of resistence.
Is this normal should I just rip it off with plyers?
Garrett
Bayonne nj
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oil filter cover question
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:06 pm
by Ross Lindberg
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wrote:
>
> I've got an 08 and i changed the oil, and I can take out the screws
holding on the oil filter cover but the cover wont come off it has
alot of resistence.
> Is this normal should I just rip it off with plyers?
> Garrett
> Bayonne nj
>
>
I haven't looked that closely at the '08, but I'm sure the oil filter
cover is very similar to the older bikes. It is sealed by an O-
ring. Sometimes there gets to be some "sticktion" between the o-ring
and the metal parts. It is sage to use a plier and GENTLY ease the
filter cover off. Somtimes rotating the cover will help break the
seal. When I replace the filter cover, I make sure it is clean, then
oil the o-ring with clean oil.
Ross Lindberg
Fertile, MN
Angels Camp, CA
oil filter cover question
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:42 am
by Spike55
I did a filter and oil change on my brother's '08 and the screws,
filter, by-pass tube, and cover are the same as my '06. As others have
noted, the cover should be tight because of the O-ring. I wiggle this
off by hand, after stuffing a lot of rags in between the engine and
skid-plate to catch the oil that comes out of the filter housing. I
also use a little dab of Loctite when reinstalling the screws so I
don't worry about them working lose and end up over-tightening them.
Don R100, A6F
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wrote:
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> I've got an 08 and i changed the oil, and I can take out the screws
holding on the oil filter cover but the cover wont come off it has alot
of resistence.
> Is this normal should I just rip it off with plyers?
> Garrett
> Bayonne nj
>
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oil filter cover question
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:36 am
by Ernie Campbell
i do mine on the sidestand and no oil comes out.
Ernie Campbell
http://www.oldskoolklr650.com
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Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Oil Filter cover question
I did a filter and oil change on my brother's '08 and the screws,
filter, by-pass tube, and cover are the same as my '06. As others have
noted, the cover should be tight because of the O-ring. I wiggle this
off by hand, after stuffing a lot of rags in between the engine and
skid-plate to catch the oil that comes out of the filter housing. I
also use a little dab of Loctite when reinstalling the screws so I
don't worry about them working lose and end up over-tightening them.
Don R100, A6F
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wrote:
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> I've got an 08 and i changed the oil, and I can take out the screws
holding on the oil filter cover but the cover wont come off it has alot
of resistence.
> Is this normal should I just rip it off with plyers?
> Garrett
> Bayonne nj
>
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oil filter cover question
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:39 pm
by Doug Pippin
Garrett
An easy way to remove the oil filter cover is to remove the screws,
then insert two of them just into the cover and pinch them together
with your hand.
The threads will catch on the cover and allow you to wiggle the cover loose.
If you can't get a grip with the removed screws try a couple of longer ones.
good luck
Doug in NC
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At 10:46 AM 4/12/2008, you wrote:
>Oil Filter cover question
> Posted by: "Garrett Bennett" gbennett69@... gbennett69
> Date: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:42 pm ((PDT))
>
>I've got an 08 and i changed the oil, and I can take out the screws
>holding on the oil filter cover but the cover wont come off it has
>alot of resistence.
> Is this normal should I just rip it off with plyers?
> Garrett
> Bayonne nj
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oil filter cover question
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:28 pm
by Nathan Nichols
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Garrett Bennett wrote:
> I've got an 08 and i changed the oil, and I can take out the screws holding
> on the oil filter cover but the cover wont come off it has alot of
> resistence.
> Is this normal should I just rip it off with plyers?
> Garrett
> Bayonne nj
On my 08, I pull the bolts, and spin the cover clockwise a little bit
to position the bolt holes and small tab on the lower right-hand side
to where I can get a finger behind them. I then rock and spin the
cover side-to-side using that tab and the bolt holes. As Earnie said,
if you do it on the sidestand you shouldn't get much oil leakage out
the side.
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Nathan
oil filter cover question
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:27 pm
by revmaaatin
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wrote:
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> Garrett
>
> An easy way to remove the oil filter cover is to remove the screws,
> then insert two of them just into the cover and pinch them together
> with your hand.
> The threads will catch on the cover and allow you to wiggle the
cover loose.
> If you can't get a grip with the removed screws try a couple of
longer ones.
>
> good luck
> Doug in NC
Doug,
What a useful tidbit of info. I don't believe I remember that
suggestion.
Hmmm.
The bike is once again, buried in winter 'combat-storage'--so I am
going to speculate....
I just wonder if you could thread just the cover with a different
pitch bolt and make an even better retractor? Screw in the next size
bolt (6mm? I am thinking the bolt is a 4mm bolt). Probably over
kill...but every oil filter change, I find my self talking to the
filter cover, and it is not 'love-talk'.
revmaaatin.
oil filter cover question
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:14 pm
by LD
Yet another easy way to remove it I learned from someone on this list..
After you remove the screws, turn the cover just enough so you can run some string, (or a zip tie, or bulldog wire, etc) through the holes in the cover and make your self a handle that you can pull the cap off with.
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oil filter cover question
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:28 pm
by Curtis Van Weelden
Why the engine is warming up, I start backing out the bolts and let the engine oil pressure push the cover out until I can see the o-ring groove. Anyone see any problems with this approach?
Curt
Curt Van Weelden
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oil filter cover question
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:07 pm
by Jeff Saline
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Curtis Van Weelden
writes:
> Why the engine is warming up, I start backing out the bolts and let
> the engine oil pressure push the cover out until I can see the
> o-ring groove. Anyone see any problems with this approach?
>
> Curt
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> Curt Van Weelden
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Curt,
That's an interesting way to remove the cover. Doesn't take much effort
and is slow and steady.
I see several potential issues with doing it that way.
- If you go too far removing the cover you could have one heck of a mess
and you could damage the o-ring.
- If you release the bolts just a bit too much you cold pull a thread or
two from the case. I guess this could be a show stopper. One way I see
to eliminate this problem is to install longer bolts with nuts on them
before trying this trick. The bolts will be using all the threads in the
case and the part that turns is the nut on the bolt. If you strip a
thread it's on an expendable part, either the bolt or the nut.
- If you aren't careful to release the bolts evenly you could jam the
cover in the case.
- I suppose you could break an ear off the cover.
Other than that it seems like something that could work well if a person
was careful. Thanks for sharing it.
Best,
Jeff Saline
ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal
Airheads Beemer Club
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The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota
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