Oil & Filter change

Lol, well as the oil is pumped around the system normally, I can't see how any particles could travel back into the engine, as it's switched off, and most of the oil has been drained anyway.

 

Sump is open from oil drain, meaning the only route for any motion of fluid is towards it
It's all academic given the mechanical state of the average riders bike anyway. Point remains that impaling you oil filter to get it off isn't good practise, if it were they wouldn't make tools for it, Haha.

Could always buy k&n filters, they have a hex head on them, 12mm I think.

 

Not to mention the sideways stresses on the thread connecting the filter to the engine when said implement is thrust into the metal casing.... I have my 'specialised' tool, it arrived this morning.

 

It's a 4lb hammer, isn't it, Kev?!

 

lol .... and screwdriver... Fek..

 

Lol, well when all else fails the screwdriver approach never lets me down!

 

Only problem with the screwdriver thing as I found the last time is you have to be careful of the metal when you put you hands on it. Boy are them mothers sharp and when you get oil in the cut it hurts. Got myself the proper oil filter thingy after that. In fact I don't think there is a tool I haven't had over the years

 

well ive always done the screw driver trick on my mx bikes its even easier i do always start the bike first to warm the oil then i drop all the oil out then mass up the filter yeah ive cut myself a few times but thats part of getting down and dirty never thought of using a tool for it it used to have a rubber band aid that i clamped tight then twisted it it worked for a while then snapped so back to the screw driver trick

 

Something just struck me reading this while my coffee cools. Depending on your bike of course, alot have the filter poking out near the down pipes so you should be able to remove it by hand anyway.
I couldn't on the ninja because they put it above the gearbox, why, I don't know.

 

oil .... whats this oils stuff you all are talking about

 

I have a genuine Honda filter removal tool if anyone wants to borrow it. I have a strap wrench somewhere as well.

 

I did the screwdriver thing to a car filter that wouldn't budge. Still didn't move even though there was eventually nothing left of the filter body having attacked it with a screwdriver. Once the filter body was completely destroyed I was able to fit a spanner onto the internal (otherwise unseen) nut affixed to the inner wall of it & ...hey presto (whatever that means).

 

I hope that does not begin to heal yourself if you're not a doctor .Sometimes such a simple thing like changing the oil could end up bad for the owner andthe bike if an unauthorized person doing it
Please remember to repair motorcycle are not so simple.


Sometimes I feel fear when I read that someone wants to change the brake pads andask how to do it

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i agree if you can not do an oil change then you should leave bike mantance alone, but how do you learn if you dont get your hands dirty, most knowledge of bikes come through taking them apart

 

Good points, the best way to start, imo, is to have someone who knows how to do it watch you or talk you through it. I learnt much like this and by making mistakes. My overriding rule would be..If in doubt, dont do it....

 

Shut up you lot!!!! Now I'm worried about doing my oil change and possibly fitting new chain & sprockets. Christ back in the old days I could strip my old RD250 blindfold.

 

thank god you ride a yellow bike, so i can keep well away when the chain comes off

 

I'll remember that next time I point the camera at you on track!!!!!!

 

LOl you have a point there Kevin - has yours been striped latly for a Re spray ...lol