Author Topic: Any ideas on how to get this oil filter bolt off? (Read 13115 times)

Dos · « **Reply #75 on:** March 05, 2018, 12:39:20 PM »

I dremeled two sides and we hammered the wrench on. Bam

evinrude7 · « **Reply #76 on:** March 05, 2018, 12:52:47 PM »

Hooray!!!

Stev-o · « **Reply #77 on:** March 05, 2018, 01:33:42 PM »

And I was just about to start a Go-Fund-Me acct for you so we could fly Cal up to Joysey and fix it fo ya!!

https://funds.gofundme.com/dashboard/create

Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er · « **Reply #78 on:** March 05, 2018, 01:35:29 PM »

Hallelujah!! You've won the battle.

Please replace it with an after-market bolt with a 17mm head!!!!

And to think I was beginning to believe we were just getting jerked here

Flyin900 · « **Reply #79 on:** March 05, 2018, 01:35:40 PM »

Let's now discuss what oil your going to use.

I think you should get the perseverance award for the month of March if nothing else.

Dos · « **Reply #80 on:** March 05, 2018, 01:46:55 PM »

Belray 20w -50 haha

PeWe · « **Reply #81 on:** March 05, 2018, 02:20:18 PM »

Probably wrong oil

The oil bolt head is 12mm just to ensure to NOT use a looong tool and tighten it really hard.

ekpent · « **Reply #82 on:** March 05, 2018, 02:45:46 PM »

VICTORY !! and congrats on working through that. Whenever I buy a Honda 4 project I always wonder of the oil bolt will come out easily and all the spark plugs. Have you tackled those puppies yet ? The other problem part is the little screw made out of butter that holds the speedo cable to the drive on the front wheel

Dos · « **Reply #83 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:01:01 PM »

Yeah everything is pretty good!

When I went to fill the oil I only needed 3L which is weird because it says it needs 3.5? Maybe I need to run and get it circulated first

754 · « **Reply #84 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:06:03 PM »

Weld a socket to it and you are done..

evinrude7 · « **Reply #85 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:17:19 PM »

Quote from: Dos on March 05, 2018, 03:01:01 PM

Yeah everything is pretty good!

When I went to fill the oil I only needed 3L which is weird because it says it needs 3.5? Maybe I need to run and get it circulated first

kick start it a bunch with ignition off. fire it up. run for 1-2 mins and shut it down. let it sit a few and check level again.

Yamahawk · « **Reply #86 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:19:34 PM »

Quote from: 754 on March 05, 2018, 03:06:03 PM

Weld a socket to it and you are done..

I think there is a niche market here for a filter bolt made with a 3/8" drive ratchet head on it. Can you just imagine... being able to buy an oil filter bolt that you wouldn't have to put a socket on because it ALREADY FITS YOUR RATCHET!! Whoa dude...
Charlie

madmtnmotors · « **Reply #87 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:36:10 PM »

Way to hang in there! Glad you got it sorted. Since you were such a good sport about everything I figure I better get my jab in to:

Quote from: Dos on March 05, 2018, 05:27:59 AM

Update: I had a friend come over and try with the vice grips, he threw his back out.

You realize that it's easier to steady the motor and turn the vise grips as opposed to steadying the vice grips and trying to turn the motor around the vise grips?

754 · « **Reply #88 on:** March 05, 2018, 04:45:22 PM »

Quote from: Yamahawk on March 05, 2018, 03:19:34 PM

Quote from: 754 on March 05, 2018, 03:06:03 PM
Weld a socket to it and you are done..
I think there is a niche market here for a filter bolt made with a 3/8" drive ratchet head on it. Can you just imagine... being able to buy an oil filter bolt that you wouldn't have to put a socket on because it ALREADY FITS YOUR RATCHET!! Whoa dude...
Charlie

Two brothers I rode with in 1975, had theirs done that way, and they stuffed a 1/4 drive socket in their factory plug wrench and tacked it in place, another good trick.

DaveBarbier · « **Reply #89 on:** March 05, 2018, 06:35:28 PM »

Quote from: Dos on March 05, 2018, 12:39:20 PM

I dremeled two sides and we hammered the wrench on. Bam

Perfect solution. Now you have a method that works for you for the next one you encounter. And there will be more.

I’m not taking back what I said before, you’re still handsome.

Mr. Mike · « **Reply #90 on:** March 05, 2018, 07:28:26 PM »

Glad this is ohhhh-ver! All smiles now thank goodness.
Good thing too...I was gettin’ sick of popcorn.

Dos · « **Reply #91 on:** March 05, 2018, 09:23:02 PM »

Haha thanks y’all.

scunny · « **Reply #92 on:** March 05, 2018, 09:34:42 PM »

Hope you replace that sucker, 12 or 17mm doesn't matter. snug is snug enough.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #93 on:** March 05, 2018, 11:35:30 PM »

Quote from: Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er on March 05, 2018, 01:35:29 PM

Hallelujah!! You've won the battle.

Please replace it with an after-market bolt with a 17mm head!!!!

And to think I was beginning to believe we were just getting jerked here

Hey do the math Jerry, if Dos dremelled the sides offa that bolt head, and then used a 14mm wrench to undo it, it already had a 17mm head bolt on it! Time to step up to a real man's oil filter bolt, methinks.............

Real Man's Oil Filter Bolt. by terry prendergast, on Flickr

750K · « **Reply #94 on:** March 05, 2018, 11:36:59 PM »

Pipe wrench will get it off quick fast, the more pressure you put on the wrench the harder it will bite into the stripped bolt head. Once it’s out, replace it.

Dos · « **Reply #95 on:** March 06, 2018, 04:47:44 AM »

Quote from: dave500 on March 05, 2018, 12:39:18 PM

the oil filter bolt from hell,was giving everyone the #$%*s,you mustve loosened it for him?

Yes definitely

Yamahawk · « **Reply #96 on:** March 06, 2018, 04:49:38 AM »

Quote from: 750K on March 05, 2018, 11:36:59 PM

Pipe wrench will get it off quick fast, the more pressure you put on the wrench the harder it will bite into the stripped bolt head. Once it’s out, replace it.

I concur heartily... and a 12" pipe wrench, with a piece of pipe on the handle for a cheater will make it easy to get it in there, and then spin it out. Vise grips are good for some things, not so good for others... but they ARE good at rounding off the heads of bolts!
Charlie

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