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 Oil change question - any inexpensive sockets for the oil filter?
Has anyone come up with a inexpensive socket cup to the oil filter?
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Amazon for less than $10 or I think it was about $12 at Advanced Auto.
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If you are talking about the tool to remove the Oil Filter Cover Assembly on the 1330 ACE engine it is a 36mm socket available from a variety of sources, amongst them amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=36mm+sock...s_ts-doa-p_1_4. The torque spec for the cap is 18lbft +/- 2 lbft.
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that 36 MM socket is good to have..................for oil cap....................and bolt/nut on rear tire
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I use a Channel Lock pliers.
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 Originally Posted by Woodaddict
that 36 MM socket is good to have..................for oil cap....................and bolt/nut on rear tire
Just don't get the aluminum version. 
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Originally Posted by RICZ
Why not? Adjusted correctly, a cloth over the plastic, judicious amounts of torque and VIOLA! I find the pliers easier to apply than a variety of 36mm wrenches I have. There's not a mark on the cap. But what ever appeals to you and does the job for you, I am all for.
I believe he was referring to using it on the rear axle nut also!
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Originally Posted by Snoking1127
I believe he was referring to using it on the rear axle nut also!
OH NO! I am not that ham-fisted. If I was, I'd be working at a Spyder dealer's shop. 
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Originally Posted by RICZ
Why not? Adjusted correctly, a cloth over the plastic, judicious amounts of torque and VIOLA! I find the pliers easier to apply than a variety of 36mm wrenches I have. There's not a mark on the cap. But what ever appeals to you and does the job for you, I am all for.
Nope, I was referring to the oil change. Unless you're stuck with circumstances out of your control I believe in using the right tool for the right job. Channelock pliers on soft plastic in my opinion is not the right tool, but hey, if it works for you, rock on.
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I ground the teeth/ridges off of a cheap set of channel locks, won't mar the cap.
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Originally Posted by KX5062
Nope, I was referring to the oil change. Unless you're stuck with circumstances out of your control I believe in using the right tool for the right job. Channelock pliers on soft plastic in my opinion is not the right tool, but hey, if it works for you, rock on.
I have to correct myself.....The oil change was months ago and now I recall I loosened and tightened the filter cap with a 36mm open end, then turned it with the channel locks. So you were justified in chiding me. All's well now.
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Originally Posted by RICZ
I have to correct myself.....The oil change was months ago and now I recall I loosened and tightened the filter cap with a 36mm open end, then turned it with the channel locks. So you were justified in chiding me. All's well now.
+1 on the Channel Locks. That is what I have always used. Used them on the Harley Oil Filters too. The filter is not supposed to be so tight it would scar it all up to use Channel Locks. Can't see it if you got the panels on anyway. If it does get a little bit marked up, that is nothing that can't be cured with some left over Krylon.
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That would NOT be something I'd recommend. 
