HST filter stuck good

[RadarTech]

yea-- the bigger the hammer the easier the fix right?

Had this happen on my 50 hour maint--
the hydro filter was so tight the socket style just spun...
the metal grip one bent and then I had an idea..

I had some thin rubber gasket material..
and then I used a slightly bigger socket type...
put that in the socket and ashamedly used the ratchet to tap it on..

worked like a charm..


I dunno... sometimes ya just got to think like MacGyver!


J

 

[Egon]

worked like a charm..

Thats the way a hammer works on a stubborn filter:thumbsup:

 

[slan]

Thanks guy's
By the sounds of it I should not be to concerned about over torquing the filter housing so I think I will try one of those channel lock types and come on to it with a vengeance.:thumbsup:
It will have to wait until I get back from Cuba so I will have several cold ones for all that suggested approaches or provided moral support.:licking:
Thanks.....

 

[RadarTech]

your welcome...


J

 

[BobRip]

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.

I tried putting a paper towel around the filter as a shim and the "just a little too loose" wrench worked.

 

[Arky217]

A tip I learned many years ago on removing screw on filters is to apply a continuous pressure on whatever you're using to unscrew it with.

 

[BotaBX24er]

Mine came tight from the dealer. Channel locked it and bend the heck out of the filter but it came out...eventually...but hey, it's not like I was thinking about re-using it anyways...

 

[ronjhall]

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ｮ 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.

Large Channel-Locks work great on filters. I have used them for years. Just need enough room to get large jaws around filter. I recently purchased the oil filter type. Works as well as the Channel-Locks and easier to get around filter. :thumbsup:

 

[dodge man]

I also have had some filters stuck pretty badly, and also agree a large pair of channel locks is the ticket. I had a friend who tore a filter apart so badly, he had to take a hammer and chisel and drive the base of the filter around in a circle. He had demolished the filter so badly nothing was left except the part stuck in the engine block.

 

[CurlyDave]

If you completely destroy the filter, many of the nipples they screw onto I have seen have a square hole which fits a 3/8" socket drive extension.

I would put a short extension on a breaker bar and take out the nipple before I used a chisel. A lot less can go wrong.