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Brilliant idea!! Saved my ass today 🤘🏻

same here, killed 2 cheap steel band clamps, they just broke, tryed a chissel, didnt work, got a hole and oil came out. tryed a found a 3e band clamp in my toolbox and used self sticking sandpaper from ikea for in shower or on stairs. i put one on the filter and one on the bandclamp, sand to sand and it did work. i also tryed the hose clamp , but it did not work for me, even when i got the filter comming loose the threats where still hard to turn, real strange , it was a chrome filter. i hope my new filter go's on by hand,

You saved my ass! Thank you for posting

Thank you! I’m at the same point you were. I bought this 2001 springer in 2023 and finally getting to change the oil. I hear these stories of over tightening the oil filter and I just don’t get it!! I’ve known not to do that since my first car at 15 years old!!

It worked ! Thank you so much for posting this.

Smart as hell. 😎

Lionel here in Central California. That happened to me too. I have an oil filter wrench that has 3 arms that are geared. The more you crank, the tighter it gets. Works like a charm. I got it years ago when I saw it, I had to have it. It's saved me a couple of times. I did bo back to the shop and jokingly gave the mechanic a bad time. It looks like your Harley shop doesn't use HD oil filters. That looks like a K&N filter. Just saying...

Ty brother i am having the same problem Ty

K&N oil filters are 100% terrible and they should quit making products completely

I did this today and it came off like butter. Thank you

Just ran into same problem and watching this helped big time. Only difference is I drilled a hole in the wrentch then a drywall screw through the hole into the oil filter, worked great, thanks for the idea!!

Thank you so much for the tip , had harley dealer do the same thing to my fatboy .

Was working on my bike and tried everything in the book and still couldn’t come off. I seen this video and tried it out. Worked perfectly! THX!

This last Sunday I just tore a chrome oil filter to pieces driving screwdrivers through it on a 2002 harley softail custom. He what finally got it off after hours and having many sore muscles in my arms. Here is an absolute method that will do it, but you have to take great care and turn you front wheel to the right so you wont hit the fender and dont hit against your right frame tube. Take a larger stanley chisel And beat the outer part of the front of the filter close to the bracket itself, then beat that area until a notch exist, then turn the chisel upwards and hammer it down and it will come loose. Mine also had been installed by a harley dealership and heres why it was so tight, becuae they had put red loctite on the inner threads of the filter. These younger college boy cadets use loctite for everything and dont know what theyre doing. But heres what I could have done if I would have gone to the parts store, is get the strap oil filter wrench that has the 3/8 inch drive to ratchet it off.

Don’t trust the dealer!!!

I did an oil change and now i have a leak around the two Allen nuts on the oil filter assembly. Did you ever had similar issues?

I must have wished the man who welded that cross bar next to the filter to die about 3 times now

Geez. That was really on there

Can’t thank you enough!!!

Thank you for this video. This trick saved my ass today. I've typically had a local shop do my oil changes but lately I've been wondering why I'm paying them $100 on top of the price of oil to do it when I can pay myself and do the work myself. As you'd expect, the filter was so tight that you'd think it was welded on. I have a 3-finger self-adjusting steel grabber tool that accepts a 3/8" square drive. I can put my big powerbar on it but the grabber tool couldn't get enough grip on the filter. The gear clamp solved the problem. The gear clamp gave the tool something solid to grab on to without crushing the filter can. On my '09 Sportster, there's so much stuff crowding the filter that you can't do much in there. With the gear clamp, I could only turn the filter about 1/8'th of a turn and I had to reposition the gear clamp to repeat. I had to do that about 6 times before I could finally turn the filter out by hand. I put the new filter on only hand tight, like 60% power, not reefing on it.

A 1/2" drive strap wrench works everytime.

I’m going through this problem on my 16 street bob. thank you

should have tried some penetrating oil where the gasket touches the housing let it set over night and spray again, it will loosen the grip of the crushed rubber gasket.

Had the same problem. Simply take your filter removal cap and drill four equal spaced holes in it then place it on the filter. Use a drill and 4 self tap screws and drill into the head of the filter and then wrench it off. Now you have a ready to use filter cap that can be used for this issue if needed or not if it’s not tight.

Thanks for the idea, my M8 filter is seized. Pain in the ass.

Drill two holes in through the filter wrench then two large screws through those holes into the filter undo as normal easy peasy

The problem just happened to me today, THANK YOU so much .... It works 👍

It’s 17mm for that filter

It’s areal headache, the filter on my bike is recessed into the sump and I can’t get a hose clamp on it, I’ll have to try Lenny’s approach.

We've had that problem before. Didn't use hose clamp but great idea. Your way, you only need to notch filer removing tool just enough for clamp size. I have a wing nut tightening hose clamp could you use it backwards but have wing nut for easier adjustments required? I get black filters so when filter touches engine case, i put a chalk mark at 12:00, so I can follow filter mark an stop exactly where I want. So no more overtightening. Check out you tuber that cuts off bottom of round plastic oil container that just fits over filter. Then he drills out hole in lid of bottom to slide long extention through cap, put proper socket on then slide bottle over filter to remove! Bottle catches oil so no oil on rectifier an down motor! I liked it so much unblocking for fight sized round bottle for my own use! Thanks man!

what size oil filter cup wrench did you use on that? the 74-76 mm cups dont't fit those shitty K&N filters. I'm in the same boat! Beyond frustrating.

Dude you are a lifesaver. I had to heat up the bike longer then usual to help with the tip you provided. The a-hole that put on the last oil filter should be shot. But I’ll go easy on him since that a-hole is me. SMMFH!

Wow bro!! This seriously saved me from having a coronary, it came right off with this method 😅

I use a much simpler method. I have a 2001 Ultra Classic with oil cooler and there is plenty of room to get to the bolts. Take the 3 bolts out that hold the housing that you screw the filter on to. No mess, no sensor removal, no shift linkage removal. I use a 6 point socket and 1/4 drive ratchet with extension. Removal is super easy. Clean everything and replace the 2 o-rings. I use a little blue lock tight and tighten (couldn't find a torque spec.). Put on the new filter (with a little oil covering the seal) and there you go.

You could always go back to the dealer and complain and get that ‘your-an-idiot’ look, which never really helps...

Waw. You just showed How you removed it!!!! Really Helpfl

I am in this situation 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Thanks for this video it was very helpful.

i changed to s&s oil filters little smaller and easier to work with

Just did this to remove my stuck on filter..... worked great THANKS. Nvr again with the K&N went to a Wix Thanks again

That is not a filter from a Harley dealer, that is K and N. Ever thought of buying the 9 dollar Harley filter wrench? That is backyard hacksaw work. With a Chinese made Covid infested K and N filter.

The filters always come off hard, get over it. I take the cup style filter wrench drill maybe 6 or 7 3/16ths holes in it, put it on the end of the stuck filter and then install 6 or 7 sheet rock screws. Turn it out with a wrench. Works every time.

Those Harley dealers and some of their technicians are getting really sloppy.

I just tried it and it worked perfect.. thank you for the tip. Greatly appreciated

I’m the idiot that put my k&n oil filter on last time and now It’s stuck on there like glue. I’m a pretty good mechanic I don’t really think I’m taking the crap out of it last time at all. But thanks for the trick I’m gonna give it a try

For others that might find them selves in this situation ( 99 to 05 88's) find yourself a 3" cargo tie down strap, like Harbor Freight sells, cut 9" off, wrap 4" of 9" inches of strap around *clock wise* a 6" 3/8 socket extension on the end of a rachet, then slide it in and over the filter on the front side, no need to remove sensor, then twist the drive and strap *counter clock wise* while feeding the loose end of the strap into the strap you are twisting, it will tighten up and the filter will start to twist out. Same for installing the filter if you don't have the K&N nut to grab on, but only about a 1/4" turn beyond hand tight. You can also buy these wrenches on line, I happened to have the material already.

Thank you so much! Worked great! Didnt know how I was gonna get that Mfer off!

I've gone to Harley-Davidson twice to order simple, in Jesus Christ when I say simple I mean simple part. Just the O-rings and a decorative cap. They could not get that right. Now with any mechanic auto mechanic truck car whatever and bike now. I would never let a Harley-Davidson mechanic touch my bike. I'd let him change my tires and that's it. And even then I wouldn't trust them. I would inspect the hell out of it

17mm

Your Stupid.