ron1978
Active Member
I changed my oil last night in shop using hd chrome oil filter , mobil 1 20w50 full syn, when i put the filter on its a super tight squeeze in the oil filter area, the filter it self rubs the voltage regulator when screwing it on, so i put the hd filter on spun it up to the gasket then tried to turn it 1/4 to 1/2 felt tight,
so i went for a ride today, got about 3 miles from house, was going in to a 90 degree hairpin turn when all of a sudden, the rear end broke traction, causing me almost to go down, i got it straighten up when i looked in the mirrors, i saw something shiny on road behind me, i got about 1/8 up road and my oil light came on, i imedidatly hit kill switch and coasted to a stop, got off and looked the oil filter had came off and was laying in the general area of where it goes, , scared me to death!!!!! so i got my wife to go get me $40.00 more bucks worth of oil and a k&n oil filter, it has a nut on the end, i know when its tight, i bought the hd brand oil filter wrench, ( it don't work either to tighten the hd filter up) theres no room for it to fit on filter, , very poor design on my 2005 rk.. make sure your oil filter is tight, i like to got road rash!!!!!!
so i went for a ride today, got about 3 miles from house, was going in to a 90 degree hairpin turn when all of a sudden, the rear end broke traction, causing me almost to go down, i got it straighten up when i looked in the mirrors, i saw something shiny on road behind me, i got about 1/8 up road and my oil light came on, i imedidatly hit kill switch and coasted to a stop, got off and looked the oil filter had came off and was laying in the general area of where it goes, , scared me to death!!!!! so i got my wife to go get me $40.00 more bucks worth of oil and a k&n oil filter, it has a nut on the end, i know when its tight, i bought the hd brand oil filter wrench, ( it don't work either to tighten the hd filter up) theres no room for it to fit on filter, , very poor design on my 2005 rk.. make sure your oil filter is tight, i like to got road rash!!!!!!