southerniltractor
Silver Member
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2011
- Messages
- 183
- Location
- Caryle, IL
- Tractor
- Kioti DK40se HST with FEL, Simplicity Landlord, JD130
Howdy folks,
I'm helping my neighbor with the initial 50 hour service on his new LS MT235he. Everything went well outside the Hydro and HST filter change. This tractor has 50 hours and like other new machines, these filters were installed by a gorilla with a huge wrench! I broke my filter strap wrench attempting to get this thing off.
Ideas on how to remove these filters? Part of the problem is the filter baseplate is mounted only to pipes, not a fixed object like the engine or transmission casting. This system causes the baseplate to flex a bit under torque, so not all the energy I'm applying is focused on the threads and seating surfaces.
Today I'll buy a new and hopefully stronger strap wrench and give it another try. I'm open to ideas! How about heating the base of the filter with an electric heat gun? I'm also trying to see how I can brace or better support the baseplate the filter attaches to.
Thanks,
Mike
I'm helping my neighbor with the initial 50 hour service on his new LS MT235he. Everything went well outside the Hydro and HST filter change. This tractor has 50 hours and like other new machines, these filters were installed by a gorilla with a huge wrench! I broke my filter strap wrench attempting to get this thing off.
Ideas on how to remove these filters? Part of the problem is the filter baseplate is mounted only to pipes, not a fixed object like the engine or transmission casting. This system causes the baseplate to flex a bit under torque, so not all the energy I'm applying is focused on the threads and seating surfaces.
Today I'll buy a new and hopefully stronger strap wrench and give it another try. I'm open to ideas! How about heating the base of the filter with an electric heat gun? I'm also trying to see how I can brace or better support the baseplate the filter attaches to.
Thanks,
Mike