Author Topic: Do you really need the suzuki oil filter 'wrench'? (Read 12193 times)

Red01 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 22, 2006, 11:01:55 AM »

The Fram's have the smallest amount of filter media, too.

FYI - Suzuki street bikes use like two different filter #'s and the the one the Bandits use is the more common of the two, so they're generally easy to find... at least on this side of the border. I can pick up K&N, NAPA, Purolator & STP filters off the shelf at auto parts stores. Which one depends on which chain you go to.

B6mick · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2006, 08:52:13 AM »

I love the K&N units, ya dont need a wrench because they have a nut on the front. 1 spanner and the jobs done.

Vlad · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2006, 02:49:01 PM »

Quote from: "B6mick"

I love the K&N units, ya dont need a wrench because they have a nut on the front. 1 spanner and the jobs done.

+1 Why bother with anything else when K&N is so handy, widely available and not more expensive than OEM?

jbrough7 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 27, 2006, 10:48:57 PM »

oem are $14 up here and k and n are $28!! (Canada)

Jim

Vlad · « **Reply #19 on:** April 29, 2006, 10:38:18 AM »

Quote from: "jbrough7"

oem are $14 up here and k and n are $28!! (Canada)

I haven't bought one for the Bandit yet, but K&N for my old Zephyr was almost exactly the same price as Kawasaki OEM - about CA$10. Who knows.

jbrough7 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 30, 2006, 07:17:18 AM »

I gotta check it out more thoroughly...I just saw the ones at crappy tire, assuming they would have good prices but you could be right.

I've got oem in her now so i'll be a little while before i change her again.

Jim

txbanditrydr · « **Reply #21 on:** April 30, 2006, 10:36:30 AM »

Cool thing about the OEM filter is the condom over the end.... nice touch IMHO. I also found out the hard way that filter "socket" wrenches from WallyWorld won't fit the Zuk OEM filter. I just use a rubber strap wrench.

Daytona · « **Reply #22 on:** April 30, 2006, 12:00:08 PM »

Don't use fram if you plan on it being on for a while! Or buy the ones made over the boarder (top of the map) the ones that failed on the Honda were made over the other boarder? They are screwed on too tight when installed, if they won't unscrew by one with a good grip, by hand! One thing i find works on bikes like my busa with limited space, is a reg type hose clamp. Screw it on the end and with the nut driver on the clamp hex, a few bumps from say a rubber mallet its loose! This i'm doing thru a louver excess in fairing. Not wide open like the Bandit!!

Daytona · « **Reply #23 on:** April 30, 2006, 12:09:20 PM »

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Daytona · « **Reply #24 on:** April 30, 2006, 12:17:30 PM »

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fossil · « **Reply #25 on:** May 02, 2006, 03:46:56 PM »

Just bought the filter wrench yesterday at Suzuki of Brampton for $9.81