Yah good point silverado. I know in town here you can buy a kit with about 10 different sizes based on the number of flutes on the filter. Kind of a waste of money, at this point atleast. I'm gonna giver a whirl with the channel lock pliers, and a nylon ratcheting strap i found. If all else fails i'll buy the polaris end cap wrench thats designed for their filters.

Thanks for the advice all!!

JR

 

Let us know how this turns out. I am a big fan of the pliars (channel lock style) like I said. When all else fails, I get out the big hoss pliars and never have a problem.

 

You can also buy the nylon strap, filter wrench @ any parts store. It won't break like the rubber one did... my .02..

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: deanz400

I'd say a small pipe wrench ,heat it up aroud the base with a propane torch</end quote></div>

Im not sure if heating an oil filter which has oil inside is a good idea.

 

I know this does not help now, I had similar prob doing my 1st change on my 800, after I got the filter off I bought a K@N filter, has a nut welded on the end of filter, easy on and off.

 

Just a suggestion. On my 700 a few years back a small stone/rock was wedged in between the engine block and filter lip. Small rock, only about the size of a rice crispie, but as I tried to turn the filter off it wedged tighter and tighter and I could not get the filter off untill I found the rock and removed it. I turned it so hard before I found the rock that I pushed the rock right into the aluminum engine block. Just a suggestion for all.

 

I've actually crushed a stuck on filter with a strap wrench but got it off eventually

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: deanz400
I'd say a small pipe wrench ,heat it up aroud the base with a propane torch</end quote></div>

I wouldn't recommend a torch, but I would recommend a hot air gun to the base to warm up the metal and the old seal, that'll help it spin off a lot easier than a cold and stiff seal. That way you won't risk damaging your ride.

Tom
Bryson City, NC

 

I have a pair of vice grips with a chain on them, they're good for grabbing round things, I use them lots to pull the oil filter off the car, but if you can fit a pair of giant chanel locks in there they'll work the best,

 

LOL!!! I just had this problem with my son's quad. I used the old Screwdriver trick. I lucked out, it mangled the hell out of it, but with a leather gloved hand holding the outside of the filter, oil leaking everywhere and that big a** screwdriver jammed through the filter, success within my reach!!!!!!

Let us know what worked to finally get it off. The hot air gun seems plausible.