F'ing Oil Filter

[ES13Raven]

So I am changing my oil for the first time since I bought my bike:

Gallon of Rotella T Synthetic oil - check
Oil funnel - check
Oil pan - check
New Suzuki Oil Filter - check
Oil filter tightening tool - check
Craftsman metric socket set - check
Allen wrenches for fairing - check
Shop towels - check

I take off my fairing, run my bike for a bit to get the oil warmed up, and then drain all the oil into the pan. Everything is going good. The oil is nice and brown but not black.

The oil filter that is installed is a K&N filter, which has a 17mm nut built-in so you don't need the oil filter tool to install it. The guy who had the bike before me must have tightened the hell out of it. I try everything I can to get this sucker off but it won't budge. I try the 17mm socket, a crecent wrench, turning it by hand and even going out to buy a strap-wrench which broke.

Any suggestions on how to get this damn thing off? The nut is semi stripped now from trying to get it off.

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wd40

[ZEDSTER]

Pipe Wrench & A Cheeter Bar + Luck LOL Better U then ME

[FLIPEXED]

SCREWDRIVER + HAMMER will get that crap off.. just be careful. Its a little messy.

[ivany]

Screwdriver, pound it through, and hammer it loose. It will be messy but it will work...

[badmonkey]

+1 on the screwdriver, though if that fails you're even further up shit creek.

i'd spray the thing with a LOT of PB before trying...

[jk750]

You sure you're turning it the right way?

Righty tighty lefty loosy!

[rbrsddn]

Go find a wrench that looks like this. It will remove any stuck filter.

[OFFICER737]

I had the stock filter do this to me Saturday. I think King Kong put the effer on! I eventually had to take a pair of channel locks to get it off but only after busting the filter to get to the nut inside the filter. When I put the new K&N filter on it I used a little oil on the O-ring and tightened it by hand.

[Smiler51]

Happened to me before as well. Used some WD40 and then hammered a screwdriver threw the thing and opened it (Will be messy as hell though as all the oil from the filter comes down). If it is too tight though, I guess you have to get yourself a good wrench like shown before

[HardKnox]

adjustable oil filter sockets are cheap, i got mine from snap on for $50 which means that a non snap on of the same thing will cost $20.

also the tools and what not are ONLY for removal, you should HAND tighten the filter with some oil on the ring! all the problems your having now are because someone went and used a wrench for installation

[sk83r005]

I never tighten with a wrench and filters generally get stuck like that when oil wasn't applied to the o-ring as Officer said. I never use a wrench to tighten my filters, because its not necessary to be that tight. Thats what the o-rings for. I generally wear one of those rubber coated grippy gloves to get some good grip and get it as tight as possible by hand. Never failed me and I've been doing it on every oil change I've done since I was 14.

[ES13Raven]

Originally Posted by jk750

You sure you're turning it the right way?
Righty tighty lefty loosy!

Yes I am sure...

[ES13Raven]

Originally Posted by rbrsddn

Go find a wrench that looks like this. It will remove any stuck filter.

Will that work if the oil filter is round?

[VermillionX]

I would say go out and get some PB Blaster. That shit will loosen any stuck nut or bolt. If that doesnt work then take a screwdriver and a hammer to it.