50 hour service...what size is that strainer head?

[LBrown59]

<font color="blue">1* (surprised the shroud came off without removing the grill guard)
3*By the way, oil filter vice grips are the trick for those factory tightened filters.
5* It's a 27mm

BX2230_Lockport
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1*Why take the shroud off? I never do!
3* There isn't enough room for the handles so how do you remove the engine oil filter with them?
I've found the best tool for that is the filter wrench that has 3 claws or fingers.
5* 27 mm may fit over the head but<font color="red"> 26 MM is the correct size.
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[Lockport]

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1*Why take the shroud off? I never do!)</font>

Is there room? I didn't think there would be room. I just went by the manual anyway.

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3* There isn't enough room for the handles so how do you remove the engine oil filter with them?
I've found the best tool for that is the filter wrench that has 3 claws or fingers.)</font>

I got it in there. 'Course I had the shroud off. There was just enough room to turn it about an inch befor hitting the hydraulic lines when approaching from the bottom. You could probably do it with the shroud on, just hard to see.

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5* 27 mm may fit over the head but<font color="red"> 26 MM is the correct size. </font>)</font>

Is it 26MM? 27MM worked just fine, course I had
"bit" it with vice grips that may have helped. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[bikemiser]

According to my BX manual you don't have to clean the strainer screen at 50 hrs.. Not until 300 hrs. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[18KwPower]

You should really clean the strainer more often than 300hrs. The most metal/particles that wear free in the tractor are during the first 25-30 hours of use.

I like the shell rotella with soot protection for my motor.

BTW, its perfectly acceptable to just change the filter and clean the screen occasionally on the trans axle. Given the cost of Super UDT it's an alternative...

-Dave

 

[SCB]

I have 560 hours on my bx and have done all the oil changes at factory specified intervals and I have never had my shroud off. Here is the wrench that I use. And yes, It is a 26 MM head on the strainer bolt. Wrench