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[tunedse2]

What is the secret to not ending up with a mess from the oil filter? I end up removing the spoiler everytime, its a pain in the ass...

[Chief]

What is the secret to not ending up with a mess from the oil filter? I end up removing the spoiler everytime, its a pain in the ass...

I find it much easier to use my hands instead of other body parts to remove the filter.  (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist).

All joking aside, its always a mess. There are lots of tricks to lessen the mess, but I haven't ever found a sure-fire method for avoiding oil down the front of the bike.

[Fired00d]

I usually spray some Gunk in the oil cooler, behind the oil filter, and underneath the bike after a service. I always detail the bike after having it serviced anyway because it's full of "paw" prints.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Godeater]

May sound  like a crazy idea, but I use an old shop vac.  Works good

[mr_magoo]

I get rid of most of it by punching 2 holes in the end of the filter.

[REGGAB]

Walmart bag and a one gallon freezer bag.  Place the Walmart bag under the oil filter, and drape it over the top of the voltage regulator and oil cooler.  Then slide the open end of a one gallon freezer bag over the oil filter and fitting leaving the closed end of the filter exposed.  Break the seal on the oil filter.  Place the freezer bag completely around the filter and spin it off through the freezer bag.  Let the filter and the mess spill into the bag.  Carefully remove the bag, filter and mess from the motorcycle.  Zip it and dispose of properly.    What little mess is left falls onto the Walmart bag.  Wipe down the filter fitting, and stuff a shop rag in the fitting.  Remove the Walmart bag and dispose of properly.    I usually clean road debris from the area occupied by the filter at this point.  Prep a new filter in the usual manner.  Remove the rag you stuffed in the fitting earlier.  Install new filter and hand tighten.  Been doing it this way for years.  Every now and then I'll phuque up and make a mess, but not often.  I've messed up once with the SEUC, and that was on my most recent oil change.  Oil got into the oil cooler housing.  Had to take the chrome cover off and degrease the whole thing.  I hate oil mess on the bike, so I'm gonna do what I have to to clean it up...........and hopefully prevent it in the first place.  This procedure is a bit more difficult on "B" engines, and usually ends up being a "mess minimization" as opposed to a total elimination.  On "B" engines, I found it worthwhile to use the box in which the filter is packed to divert oil flow from the filter fitting to the Walmart bag.  Simply fold it flat and wedge it between the filter and front balancer housing all the way to the hilt of the filter fitting.  Then place the Walmart bag and freezer bag as described earlier.

Henry

[LRebel]

I always keep cheap paper towels in my shop.  I stuff paper towels under and around the filter, so that when I remove the filter the paper towels catch & soak up all the oil...always works for me.

[bobaroni]

In this topic people were going to try the "poke a hole in the filter to drain it" technique. Any reports? Successes?
 http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=14322.0

[Twolanerider]

In this topic people were going to try the "poke a hole in the filter to drain it" technique. Any reports? Successes?
 http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=14322.0

Bob, an old hammer and a punch is just beneath us.  If we can't use chrome hammers with teak handles capable of deploying SE accessory tool sets via hydraulic actuators controlled by dual redundant logic circuits tuned to maintain a high torque curve all used to control laser deploying and sited hydropneumatic quick deploying hole management systems supported by high speed vacuum oil droplet pickup systems we're just not interested.  Hammer and a punch.... geez....

[grc]

In this topic people were going to try the "poke a hole in the filter to drain it" technique. Any reports? Successes?
 http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=14322.0

As Twolane noted, can't use just any ol' hammer and punch.  Gots to be high class tools.  And one drawback to that nice K&N filter is that the outer shell is a little tougher than a stock filter.  So a new, larger, fully chromed ball peen hammer with tooled leather grip has been ordered.

Actually, the guys in the Amsoil change interval thread have convinced me to put off changing oil this year, so it will be awhile before I can report on the results.

Jerry

[RetiredOF]

Since my hammer has been on a sliding back order from the company, I've had to resort to my old stand-by.  I am using a 1 liter Code Red Mountain Dew bottle with the bottom neatly removed.  I can slip an extension through the spout to loosen the filter and then replace the cap to finish the capture of any wild oil.  I guess a diet drink would work but it too seems beneath the scoot.

[Twolanerider]

Since my hammer has been on a sliding back order from the company, I've had to resort to my old stand-by.  I am using a 1 liter Code Red Mountain Dew bottle with the bottom neatly removed.  I can slip an extension through the spout to loosen the filter and then replace the cap to finish the capture of any wild oil.  I guess a diet drink would work but it too seems beneath the scoot.

That's my method too.  It ain't foolproof.  I sometimes still drool a little oil.  But it's far more effective than just wiping up what has spilled.

[porthole]

Shampoo bottle, cut to fit (Costco sized, Pantene I think, fits perfect, scalloped the end) for the filter, oil absorbent pad under the filter, remove the chrome cooler cover and prop the cooler up out of the way before I spill the oil from the filter. Most times it works out well enough, minimizes the clean up

[bobaroni]

Bob, an old hammer and a punch is just beneath us.  If we can't use chrome hammers with teak handles capable of deploying SE accessory tool sets via hydraulic actuators controlled by dual redundant logic circuits tuned to maintain a high torque curve all used to control laser deploying and sited hydropneumatic quick deploying hole management systems supported by high speed vacuum oil droplet pickup systems we're just not interested.  Hammer and a punch.... geez....

What was I thinkin' ?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

As Twolane noted, can't use just any ol' hammer and punch.  Gots to be high class tools.  And one drawback to that nice K&N filter is that the outer shell is a little tougher than a stock filter.  So a new, larger, fully chromed ball peen hammer with tooled leather grip has been ordered.

Actually, the guys in the Amsoil change interval thread have convinced me to put off changing oil this year, so it will be awhile before I can report on the results.

Jerry

Dear Santa,
 I need chrome hammers (teak handles only), hydraulic actuators, High speed vacuum AND
some rope so can pull my head out of my azz.
I'm learning. 

[StrokedRider]

Ok Boz n Gurls ! Just my two cents once again.

I don't ussually buy to many things from the "stealer" but today i am happy to report that money well spent was the case. HD Part # 94863-10 Harley Davidson Oil Filter Wrench. It has a nice opening in it to clear the plug on the case of my Twin Cam and it wasn't Oh So Expensive. $10. (A nice MoCo emblem on it too.)

Also, I am very happy with the two bag effort described in the thread here.

Once again, the disimination of information here rocks !