HELP, oil filter

[TIMSMXZ]

i'm changing my oil and i couln't get the oil filter off so i tried the screwdriver threw it and lets just say it didn't budge, and know the filter is really screwed up. any ideas on how to get it off

 

[blue]

Go to Sears and ask for the universal filter wrench that has the 3 claws. It has a nut on the outer edge of it. Then use a gear wrench on that nut. It works very slick. Some one posted the part numbers but I couldn't find it. Might be under the first oil change thread somewhere, or I think it said filter wrench or something.

 

[blue]

OK, found the thread. Here is a link to the picture of the filter wrench from sears:

http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php? ... ht=#325214

 

[viper_chick]

Go to Sears and ask for the universal filter wrench that has the 3 claws. It has a nut on the outer edge of it. Then use a gear wrench on that nut. It works very slick. Some one posted the part numbers but I couldn't find it. Might be under the first oil change thread somewhere, or I think it said filter wrench or something.

I bought that wrench and it didn't work on mine, the oil filter was too small a diameter for it to grab. My local yammi dealer had a socket cap for the oil filter for about $8, it said that it was for a suzuki. We had to cut a bolt off and square it up to fit in the end and then use a open ended wrench to get it off. Please take note that the o-ring might not come off with the filter, mine didn't.

 

[Vmax4]

Go to Sears and ask for the universal filter wrench that has the 3 claws. It has a nut on the outer edge of it. Then use a gear wrench on that nut. It works very slick. Some one posted the part numbers but I couldn't find it. Might be under the first oil change thread somewhere, or I think it said filter wrench or something.

I bought that wrench and it didn't work on mine, the oil filter was too small a diameter for it to grab. My local yammi dealer had a socket cap for the oil filter for about $8, it said that it was for a suzuki. We had to cut a bolt off and square it up to fit in the end and then use a open ended wrench to get it off. Please take note that the o-ring might not come off with the filter, mine didn't.

Seems funny that the sears wrench in that thread quoted above worked fine and fit just fine on mine, but you were unable to use it?

 

[viper_chick]

Go to Sears and ask for the universal filter wrench that has the 3 claws. It has a nut on the outer edge of it. Then use a gear wrench on that nut. It works very slick. Some one posted the part numbers but I couldn't find it. Might be under the first oil change thread somewhere, or I think it said filter wrench or something.

I bought that wrench and it didn't work on mine, the oil filter was too small a diameter for it to grab. My local yammi dealer had a socket cap for the oil filter for about $8, it said that it was for a suzuki. We had to cut a bolt off and square it up to fit in the end and then use a open ended wrench to get it off. Please take note that the o-ring might not come off with the filter, mine didn't.

Seems funny that the sears wrench in that thread quoted above worked fine and fit just fine on mine, but you were unable to use it?

All I can tell you is that my husband sent me to Sears to get this 3 claw tool, after reading it on here, so that we could change the oil filter...we had it on the filter and it would not grab, it just spun. We ended up getting the socket type cap that goes on the end and had no issues. My father-in-law has an attak and the oil filter on that is even smaller in diameter.

 

[Vmax4]

Go to Sears and ask for the universal filter wrench that has the 3 claws. It has a nut on the outer edge of it. Then use a gear wrench on that nut. It works very slick. Some one posted the part numbers but I couldn't find it. Might be under the first oil change thread somewhere, or I think it said filter wrench or something.

I bought that wrench and it didn't work on mine, the oil filter was too small a diameter for it to grab. My local yammi dealer had a socket cap for the oil filter for about $8, it said that it was for a suzuki. We had to cut a bolt off and square it up to fit in the end and then use a open ended wrench to get it off. Please take note that the o-ring might not come off with the filter, mine didn't.

Seems funny that the sears wrench in that thread quoted above worked fine and fit just fine on mine, but you were unable to use it?

All I can tell you is that my husband sent me to Sears to get this 3 claw tool, after reading it on here, so that we could change the oil filter...we had it on the filter and it would not grab, it just spun. We ended up getting the socket type cap that goes on the end and had no issues. My father-in-law has an attak and the oil filter on that is even smaller in diameter.

I think you bought the wrong wrench at Sears.........

 

[viper_chick]

Go to Sears and ask for the universal filter wrench that has the 3 claws. It has a nut on the outer edge of it. Then use a gear wrench on that nut. It works very slick. Some one posted the part numbers but I couldn't find it. Might be under the first oil change thread somewhere, or I think it said filter wrench or something.

I bought that wrench and it didn't work on mine, the oil filter was too small a diameter for it to grab. My local yammi dealer had a socket cap for the oil filter for about $8, it said that it was for a suzuki. We had to cut a bolt off and square it up to fit in the end and then use a open ended wrench to get it off. Please take note that the o-ring might not come off with the filter, mine didn't.

Seems funny that the sears wrench in that thread quoted above worked fine and fit just fine on mine, but you were unable to use it?

All I can tell you is that my husband sent me to Sears to get this 3 claw tool, after reading it on here, so that we could change the oil filter...we had it on the filter and it would not grab, it just spun. We ended up getting the socket type cap that goes on the end and had no issues. My father-in-law has an attak and the oil filter on that is even smaller in diameter.

I think you bought the wrong wrench at Sears.........

Don't think it was the wrong one, this is the one that was bought. There was only one size.
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product. ... Cookie=Yes

this is the wrench we bought that worked much better, but to each their own.

 

[SharkAttak]

when you get it off re-place with a k&n 147, it has a 17mm nut welded to the top for easy,easy removal

 

[Yellowknife]

I've ordered the Yamaha filter wrench from California, but I don't have a price. The part number is in the service manual.

 

[TIMSMXZ]

i got it off with a pair of channel-locks. what a pain!!