Oil filter tools -- tip of the day

[jimraelee]

while back I post up about a stuck oil filter and how I bent a filter wrench gett'n it off. Well I hit up sears as suggested to me for some tools. I managed to find a MONDO heavy duty band type filter tool. It takes a 1/2 drive wrachet and its heavy duty... it fits nicely on our filters... KD tools 2320

 

[RLDSL]

Now THAT's a sweet looking band wrench How much did Sears hit you for that thing?

 

[DeepRoots]

yeah we got one for that and one thats in 3/4inch wrench drive.

mighty handy.

ohh and after alot of filters, the inside with get too smooth to be 100% useful, just duct tape the filter first and it'll zip right off

 

[jimraelee]

Hope your sitting down...$36... not cheap, but after 2 bent reg band styles it was worth it... now the filter only gets 3/4 turn, and back a smig.

 

[BigRigTech]

Stuck filter eh....I just drive a big punch or prybar through it and wind it off....Who put them on too tight in the first place.?

 

[troupp]

Too tight, mine never seem to stop leaking.

 

[jimraelee]

I already had a big thread about this... in a nut shell...

Who put them on too tight in the first place.?

I did, as the label states... contact +1 full turn. I have since learned