Home made oil filter wrench/tool

[handyandy24]

Hey guys

To my horrow today realised I have an annoying oil filter. ie.it screws on the side instead of on that long bolt thingy then screwed into the sump? like on a zzr. anyway read in the manual I need a filter wrench. i guess a chain one or seomthing would work like i seen on ebay but dont want to have to wait 5 days to do this. so before i go up to the shed and waste 4 hours trying or making up ways to get the thing off. any tried and tested ways to get them off without a tool. my dad suggested piercing it with a screwdriver then using it to turn it off (not fond of this idea )

cheers guys

[Guest]

Most screw on filters are not on that tight having said that I have had problems with them in the past if they have been on a while,Your dads right,but make sure you do it right if you wreck the filter before it comes off you may be in trouble,before trying dads idea use a flat head screwdriver a hammer to chizel the filter just incase its been over tightened when fitted

[handyandy24]

ye jus wack it in anti clockwise direction a bit see if it budges. unfortunately my rad was already off so cudnt heat the engine b4 avin to do it

[Bill_on_a_bike]

The recognised bodge way of doing the above involves removing all the skin from your nuckles and filing for a divorce at the end of it.

Are there no garages near you that might sell them, they can't be that expensive surely? I've seen nylon strap ones aswell.

[handyandy24]

went for the screwdriver and hammer approach. just as the screw driver punctured the filter it must have 'shifted' the filter a little and got it unstuck as it then unscrewed easily.

[Guest]

Glad you got it sorted

[Guest]

another method which works sometimes, if your lucky is to take a piece of sand paper, fold in half so that you have two rough sides, wrap around the fliter take a firm grip and twist.

It gives you just enough grip to undo the filter with out the use of other tools, surprising how many times it works as well!

[Stu]

i just use one of my 4 filter wrench's i have in my tool box

[Guest]

ive found a small G clamp fitted onto the fillter .nice and tight gives great leaverage ( better than Screwdiver) and no chance of pearsing the coolant pipe like i did a few years back on my yamaha r1 . Have a look around you local car boot sale for one for 10/20p.

[handyandy24]

sandpaper sounds like a plan. ill prob get a tool b4 the next change (thanks for that stu) as i was kinda nervous about just tearing up the filter and not budging its base which would have made it even worse. g clamp sounds good too. thanks guys.

[slugworth1987]

http://www.cromwell.co.uk/quicksearch?search=oil+filter