Removing stock oil filter - Yamaha FZ6R Forums - International FZ6R / XJ6 Motorcycle Community Forum

Verranth · 08-28-2009, 02:03 PM

Does anyone have any idea how to remove a banged up oil filter?

I've been trying the screwdriver method without any success...please help me.

**99vengeur** · 08-28-2009, 02:10 PM

Try an oil filter wrench if it will fit, or try those rubber pads for opening jars in the kitchen.

Or you could scream at it "To go UN-screw itself!"

That's all I've got for now. lol

Verranth · 08-28-2009, 05:02 PM

Thanks.

Needle nose pliers did the trick

2 holes in the front (kinda like the screwdriver method), but modified so that the pliers go int he holes and then twist.

btastarsky · 08-29-2009, 01:25 AM

When i changed my oil the first time, i used an old leather belt to twist the filter off. It's an age old mechanics trick that my old man taught me. Just make sure you have someone hold the bike, otherwise you might be changing plastics too.

Verranth · 08-29-2009, 08:55 AM

That would have probably been cleaner....oh well. Maybe next time

...

There wont be a next time

Tijeras505 · 08-29-2009, 12:17 PM

I have found the oil filters are always hard to remove on the FZ6R.

I had to get a filter remover that goes on the end of a socket wrench. I got it at Autozone. It fits over the end of the filter and has two metal clamp-like pieces on either side so as you turn it, it clamps harder onto the filter.

Not sure if you're filter is too damaged to use something like this at this point. For next time, get a filter like K&N that has a nut welded onto the end so you can just wrench it off.

Lonelyrider · 02-02-2010, 08:52 PM

maybe those assembly workers were lazy, they didn't put thin coat of oil on filter seal? lol

angelsneverlose · 02-03-2010, 08:05 AM

my first time, it was hard as hell to get off also! mine was bent to shit when i was done! someone torqued it so much, that even after being forced to buy a cap piece with the nut to go over the filter so i could use a small breaker bar... the oil filter actaully started to twist! not by coming lose, but scrunching and twisting (it was that tight!)...

08-28-2009, 02:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Verranth Senior Member Bike: FZ6R-09 Blue/White and 09 FJR1300 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NoVA Posts: 254 Thanks: 32 Thanked 23 Times in 18 Posts	Removing stock oil filter Does anyone have any idea how to remove a banged up oil filter? I've been trying the screwdriver method without any success...please help me. __________________ FZ6R Blue/White - Yami Tank Pad - Yami Frame Sliders, Blue LED in air scoop, Targa FE Gear - HJC FS-15, Joe Rocket Mesh Jacket, Power Trip perforated leather gloves, Alpine SM-X 1 riding shoes 09 FJR1300 - Yammy trunk with back rest, heated grips, Scala rider G4 powerset (for 2), Intuit Frame Sliders

08-28-2009, 02:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
99vengeur Administrator Bike: 2009 Yamaha FZ6R Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 1,865 Thanks: 395 Thanked 430 Times in 281 Posts	Try an oil filter wrench if it will fit, or try those rubber pads for opening jars in the kitchen. Or you could scream at it "To go UN-screw itself!" That's all I've got for now. lol __________________ Robert 2009 Cadmium Yellow FZ6R//Intuitive Racing No-Cut Frame Sliders//Evotech Swingarm Spools//Two Brothers Racing V.A.L.E. Complete Carbon Fiber Exhaust//Two Brothers Racing JuiceBox//Driven AIS Blockoff Plates//Uscgduncan Fender Eliminator//Custom Garage Door Opener//Custom Painted Windscreen//Bi-xenon Projector Retrofit with Blue Angel Eye//More in the making...

08-28-2009, 05:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Verranth Senior Member Bike: FZ6R-09 Blue/White and 09 FJR1300 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NoVA Posts: 254 Thanks: 32 Thanked 23 Times in 18 Posts	Thanks. Needle nose pliers did the trick 2 holes in the front (kinda like the screwdriver method), but modified so that the pliers go int he holes and then twist. __________________ FZ6R Blue/White - Yami Tank Pad - Yami Frame Sliders, Blue LED in air scoop, Targa FE Gear - HJC FS-15, Joe Rocket Mesh Jacket, Power Trip perforated leather gloves, Alpine SM-X 1 riding shoes 09 FJR1300 - Yammy trunk with back rest, heated grips, Scala rider G4 powerset (for 2), Intuit Frame Sliders

08-29-2009, 08:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
Verranth Senior Member Bike: FZ6R-09 Blue/White and 09 FJR1300 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NoVA Posts: 254 Thanks: 32 Thanked 23 Times in 18 Posts	That would have probably been cleaner....oh well. Maybe next time ... There wont be a next time __________________ FZ6R Blue/White - Yami Tank Pad - Yami Frame Sliders, Blue LED in air scoop, Targa FE Gear - HJC FS-15, Joe Rocket Mesh Jacket, Power Trip perforated leather gloves, Alpine SM-X 1 riding shoes 09 FJR1300 - Yammy trunk with back rest, heated grips, Scala rider G4 powerset (for 2), Intuit Frame Sliders

08-29-2009, 12:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tijeras505 Member Bike: Yamaha FZ6R Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tijeras, NM Posts: 42 Thanks: 15 Thanked 18 Times in 8 Posts	I have found the oil filters are always hard to remove on the FZ6R. I had to get a filter remover that goes on the end of a socket wrench. I got it at Autozone. It fits over the end of the filter and has two metal clamp-like pieces on either side so as you turn it, it clamps harder onto the filter. Not sure if you're filter is too damaged to use something like this at this point. For next time, get a filter like K&N that has a nut welded onto the end so you can just wrench it off. __________________ Why doesn't somebody do something about that? Hey wait, I am somebody....

08-29-2009, 01:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
btastarsky Senior Member Bike: 2009 Yamaha FZ6R Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 137 Thanks: 28 Thanked 26 Times in 14 Posts	When i changed my oil the first time, i used an old leather belt to twist the filter off. It's an age old mechanics trick that my old man taught me. Just make sure you have someone hold the bike, otherwise you might be changing plastics too.

02-02-2010, 08:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lonelyrider Member Bike: 2009 FZ6R Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 68 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	maybe those assembly workers were lazy, they didn't put thin coat of oil on filter seal? lol __________________ David L.

02-03-2010, 08:05 AM	#8 (permalink)
angelsneverlose Senior Member Bike: 2009 FZ6R Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northeast Posts: 181 Thanks: 4 Thanked 38 Times in 21 Posts	my first time, it was hard as hell to get off also! mine was bent to shit when i was done! someone torqued it so much, that even after being forced to buy a cap piece with the nut to go over the filter so i could use a small breaker bar... the oil filter actaully started to twist! not by coming lose, but scrunching and twisting (it was that tight!)...

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