Oublaj Active member Joined Jun 14, 2016 Messages 33 Reaction score 9 Location Glen's Falls, NY Apr 24, 2017 #2 I know it sounds stupid but I have just about every size wrench yet, they all seem to slip on the Yamaha filter. Which do you use?
I know it sounds stupid but I have just about every size wrench yet, they all seem to slip on the Yamaha filter. Which do you use?
B blchandl2 Well-known member Joined Feb 8, 2017 Messages 56 Reaction score 30 Location Dayton, TN Apr 24, 2017 #3 Mine has a "B" molded into it. The only other marking is " MADE IN THE U.S.A."
RossKean Well-known member Joined Feb 15, 2010 Messages 7,389 Reaction score 3,948 Location Fredericton, NB Apr 24, 2017 #4 I tighten by hand. If I can't get it off by hand, I use a rubber strap "wrench". If that slips, I have a big flat head screwdriver which will do the trick punched through the side of the filter. Never needed that on any filter I installed.
I tighten by hand. If I can't get it off by hand, I use a rubber strap "wrench". If that slips, I have a big flat head screwdriver which will do the trick punched through the side of the filter. Never needed that on any filter I installed.
TomInPA Well-known member Joined Nov 30, 2010 Messages 3,471 Reaction score 1,262 Location Valrico, FL Apr 24, 2017 #5 Only if needed. The filter should only be hand-tightened.
El Toro Joe FYYFF Joined Nov 1, 2007 Messages 6,514 Reaction score 1,803 Location Brunswick, OH Apr 24, 2017 #6 I got mine from the Yamaha dealer. Works great, on Yamaha, and MobiL 1 filters.
Niehart Pie Smuggler Joined Apr 19, 2007 Messages 5,600 Reaction score 3,014 Location Pacific Northwet [Woodinville, WA] Apr 24, 2017 #7 And lots of folks are having a hard time removing the factory installed filter.
SacramentoMike Not Safe For Work Joined Nov 5, 2007 Messages 5,069 Reaction score 1,838 Location Sacramento, CA (honest) Apr 25, 2017 #8 What Tom said. Who cares if you deform it taking it off? And hand-tight only for the new one.
lnewlf Well-known member Joined Sep 29, 2007 Messages 1,274 Reaction score 218 Location Grafton, NY Apr 25, 2017 #9 this works for me....larger one... and Tom's ^^^^ works great for getting them off.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Pc-Rubber-Strap-Wrench-Set-HFT-69373
this works for me....larger one... and Tom's ^^^^ works great for getting them off.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Pc-Rubber-Strap-Wrench-Set-HFT-69373