HST filter stuck good

[slan]

Well, I guess I put my HST filter on a bit too tight on my last change because it is stuck on there real good.

I have a metal band type filter wrench and I could not budge it no way in either direction. I even put a small piece of pipe on the handle and it started to bend the handle. This is not a cheap filter wrench either.:mur:
I have a band type that I can use with a 1/2 drive but am a little scared to be putting that much torque on the filter housing.:confused3:

Any tricks or tips?
My next step will be to get one of the filter wrenches with the jaws that lock into the notches on the filter base I guess.

Or take a shot at it?:shocked:

 

[tommu56]

Poke a good size screw driver straight through it and spin it off
abit messy but but it usually gets the stubborn one's off.

tom

 

[bp fick]

yeah, this is where those cup filters tools, that fit on your 3/8 drive are nice. Problem is having a drawer full of those cups, and dang it, you still run into filters, supposedly the exact same number and everything as before, but the makers change the diameter just a whisker different and the cup either slips or won't fit. I also like the three fingered jaw type as well. The guys at the auto dealerships swear by them.

 

[Thomas]

Do you have enough room for pipe wrench.

 

[CurlyDave]

One of these - Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices will usually work for me.

If not, this Channellock 215 - 15 inch Oil Filter Plier @ Channellock is the next step up, and if I can't get it off with that,

this channellock 480 - 20.25 inch BigAZZ® Tongue and Groove Plier @ Channellock has never failed me, although by the time I work up to that one, the filter is usually a mangled mess.

 

[bp fick]

If you end up using Channel Locks or pipe wrench, try to grip the filter down low, at the base. Gripping it high up is basically twisting on a very thin tin can and it distorts easily. Let us know how it comes out. Best hopes for ya.

 

[gwdixon]

Try one of those chain-type pipe wrenches. They can really apply the torque.

chain pipe wrench

I used one on the L48's transmission filter which is metal-to-metal mounted (not like the rubber O-rings on the HST filters). What finally had to be done was a come-along was hitched to the handle and the other end on the axle. That filter finally came loose. It was ugly but it was off. Good luck to you.

 

[7800DUDE]

next time make sure you lube the rubber first hand tight than a 1/4 turn after that.

 

[Dr. Bob]

I second tommu56 solution. It is one I have used many times. Why go out and spend a lot of money on a new, improved filter wrench and waste all that time driving there? You already have a filter wrench. It just won't do this specific filter.
Now, get that large screwdrive and hammer!

 

[Egon]

Hammer!:thumbsup: