K&N Oil filters
Hello,
Yesterday I came to change the oil and filter on the sv and the previous owner had put a nice shiny chrome k&n oil filter, which looked pretty neat. Anyway, when I came to undo the filter I could get a socket or spanner to fit on the "17mm" nut. A 17mm spanner/socket was too big and slipped round and 16mm spanner/socket wasn't big enough. With a hammer and a bit of persuasion the 16mm went on, only when I came to undo the filter the socket slipped on the nut. The only way I could get it off was with a mega pair of pliers which squashed the filter and the eventually started to undo it. Has anyone else had this problem? I seem to keep finding funny size nuts and bolts at the moment where one size is to big and then the next size down is too small!
Rob
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