Nah I think it's only Ducati that recess its bloody Filter

No it's not ... BMW GS is very recessed ..

I found out today, and I'm a mite ****ed off about it !

:(

I had this once. After years of taking off oil filters with the proper tools and with the screwdriver method, I got stuck and one wouldnt shift end of!:o

I ended up destroying the filter case and was really up pooh creak.
I ended up cutting the old filter away, leaving only the metal outer case, still bolted to the engine cases. I then made up a tool consisting of a flat bit of steel bar with two BIG bolts that went up through the steel bar and into the original holes left at what was left of the top of the filter. (This bit of metal being really thick.)

I then layed the bike on its Side:o ( fairings off of course) and slotted the two bolts into the holes. I then turned with much brute force and off came what was left of the oil filter.

Lets just say that the last person to put it on had not put so much as a smear of oil on the rubber O ring.:mad: To this day I have never had a filter done up so tight!

DC.:burn:

[Edited on 16-4-2006 by DC]

get yourself a cup wrench. I've been selling them on here and eBay for a while.

[Edited on 17-4-2006 by Rob B]

had almost the same problem this week...changing the oil on my 748 and could i hell as like get the bloody filter off. think same issue of someone not smearing with oil and then just tightening it as tight as humanly possible.

in the end, i managed to get a strap type filter removal tool from halfords for £3 that has the strap made out of metal. took it off with a bit of brute but thought i would be knackered for a while.

I had the same thing after the main agent didn't lube the o ring. I used a special tool made up by Paul James to remove the stub of the oil filter which worked a treat.

If the filters been put on double tight the cup removers are rubbish: use a strap wrench every time IMO.

Mark