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Old 02-14-2010, 07:36 PM   #41
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Nah, big pliers. Would a dab of grease on the threads hurt?
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Old 02-14-2010, 07:40 PM   #42
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Nah, big pliers. Would a dab of grease on the threads hurt?
when I install the screw on filters I always put a light film of oil around the gasket, even on the priller I put some on the cover for the filter.
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Old 02-14-2010, 07:55 PM   #43
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when I install the screw on filters I always put a light film of oil around the gasket, even on the priller I put some on the cover for the filter.
Ok, school me on this, I have been doinbg that since I was shown how to do an oil change, but I thought it had more to do with not damaging the gasket rather than spinning it on and off
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If it takes you any more than 5-10 minutes to clean a filter, you're doing it wrong. If you use solvents you should be able to dunk and swish. If you use compressed air, wrap it in a rag and blow the air through.. We do it all the time at work.
I'm too anal about my bikes, to do anything in 5-10 minutes.

A question about solvents; What are you using, and what effect does its ingredients have on your oil?

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How long does it take you to drive to the store and back and wait at the parts counter? That's not to say you couldn't just buy a case of oil filters..
My filter supply is usually about 6 deep, per bike. It's a 90 minute round trip to "town", so I hoard bike supplies.

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Old 02-14-2010, 08:21 PM   #45
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Ok, school me on this, I have been doinbg that since I was shown how to do an oil change, but I thought it had more to do with not damaging the gasket rather than spinning it on and off
It helps with both, but the original idea, was to make a better seal.

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Old 02-15-2010, 01:06 AM   #46
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Ok, school me on this, I have been doinbg that since I was shown how to do an oil change, but I thought it had more to do with not damaging the gasket rather than spinning it on and off

It is. I was talking about putting grease on the "THREADS," not the gasket.
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Old 02-15-2010, 01:54 AM   #47
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It is. I was talking about putting grease on the "THREADS," not the gasket.
I always put oil on the threads.

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Nah, big pliers. Would a dab of grease on the threads hurt?
PLIERS on my $100 aluminum oil filter? FUCK YOU!!!
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Old 02-15-2010, 10:16 AM   #48
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Exactly my point, what do you do with this $100 aluminum filter?
It comes with one of those filter wrench attachment things that fit over the top of the filter and connects to a ratchet.
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Old 02-15-2010, 05:17 PM   #49
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I'm too anal about my bikes, to do anything in 5-10 minutes.

A question about solvents; What are you using, and what effect does its ingredients have on your oil?



My filter supply is usually about 6 deep, per bike. It's a 90 minute round trip to "town", so I hoard bike supplies.

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We use Jizer quite often. It's a kerosene based water soluble degreaser. I fill a bucket with it and another with water. I dunk our cruise diesel particulate filters in it, swish em around and toss them in the water. They're spotless in seconds. They get another swish in the water, dried off with compressed air and then reassembled.

Most oil has fuel in it anyway. There's a really easy way to test for it. We use a Kittiwake machine (http://www.kittiwake.com/). But, when I started the job we used to use a ball bearing test. You fill a test tube with old oil, and one with new oil. You drop a ball bearing in and time it. If the old oil allows the bearing to fall faster, it has fuel contamination, any slower and it's carbon/solids build up. The only problem was, what if it's contaminated from both? Which is why we use the new system.
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Old 02-15-2010, 09:48 PM   #50
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For my applications, an $8.00, 10 micron filter that I don't have to fuck with, beats a $125.00, 30 micron filter hands down.

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The problem here is that the paper filter doesn't filter at 10 microns for very long. Then it filters even higher than the ss filters. Where as the SS 35 micron is absolute.

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It comes with one of those filter wrench attachment things that fit over the top of the filter and connects to a ratchet.
True.... works great.
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