So I decided to do all the maintenance my self on my bike, so I figure I start out by changing the oil and the oil filter. I went ahead and unscrewed the oil plug and let all the oil drained and was going smooth as can be till I went to take off the oil filter, I did shop ahead and had bought the filter wrench but come to find out the stupid thing was too big to fit around the filter and man there was no turning the dam thing by hand, I tryed getting a pipe wrench to loosen the filter up but I ended up bending it inwards and the dam thing still didnt budge, by now I am getting pissed off and saying to my self who the hell welded this dam thing on here, I tryed the old put a whole on the filter to loosen up the pressure bit but that didnt work either. I decided to call a friend and see if he could help me, we sat there for 30 minutes trying to do the same thing I did and made up are minds that we were going to have to take some of the faring off so we did and that took another 35 minutes, once we got the faring off he was able to fit his wrench around the filter and man I tell you that dam filter was on there so tight that they must have overthighten the f*#k out of it cuz even with that wrench on there we had to hold the bike down and torque the hell out of it to get it loose. Finally that dam filter is loose and I am happy that we got it off so I decide to put the new filter on and make sure that I dont over torque the dam thing so I just hand tighten the dam thing and after that I went ahead and took the cap off where you pour the oil into it and started pouring it in, well next thing I notice is that the oil pan is overfilling and spilling all over the floor and needless to say by now that I forgot to put the dam screw back on the oil pan and all the new oil I put in went right back out, I was pissed, as I calmed down I started to laugh at my self and realize that now I know to pay attention and ended up saving 170 dollars on doing it all my self even thoe it took me about 4 hours to change oil and oil filter

 

It's always frustrating to deal with nuts, bolts, ....and filters that stupid people have WAY overtightened![:@]

Good job getting it off though.

 

woohooo

 

Make yourself a checklist. That's what I do before I start out. That way you don't miss anything. Good luck next time!

 

well it's all a learning game there buddy. We all have made mistakes on doing things to our cars or bikes like that. It's good you were able to get everything replaced and everything went pretty much ok for you. The next time will be better you'll rember how to do it and it will take a lot less time.

 

lolwell atleast it's done now.. maybe next time it'll only take ya three hours..lol j/k

 

When i changed the oil for my frist time on my ninja the oil filter didn't want to come off. I ended up stabing a flat head stright through it and using it to twist off the filter. I made the same mistake of the oil cap but lucky I only added just a little oil and saw it poor out.

 

It will get easier and easier the more you do it. Next thing you know it will take you 15 mins to finish it and that's if you have a beer too.

 

had to laugh about the plug. But yes, things get easier and faster with more practice. Not sure on the 15 minutes that NS mentioned. Warm up the engine, then drain, then remove oil filter and install new filter, safety wire that then place the drain pan bolt, safety wire that and then fill. I think that I could not do it all in 15 minutes. Anyways, congrats!

 

Had similar filter frustrations my first change on the 636 also. Don't know what they use to put the factory filters on, but it isn't just by hand. Finally got it off by using the largest Vice Grip I had and deforming the thing like crazy. Didn't have the issue with the plug thankfully, but live and learn.

As everyone else has already said, it will get easier in time.