Broke 2 Oil filter wrenches
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alpha&omega
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I’m telling you guys, where all others have failed, this wrench did not. Not only can you get it into the tightest of spaces, but you don’t have to mess with running a punch/screwdriver through the filter and risk having the filter break.
This filter wrench worked where the cup style and even the spring style wrench. I liked it so much I bought a second smaller one for working on cars/trucks.
https://www.jm3oilfilterwrench.com/collections/all
This filter wrench worked where the cup style and even the spring style wrench. I liked it so much I bought a second smaller one for working on cars/trucks.
https://www.jm3oilfilterwrench.com/collections/all
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Interesting designs. I looked thru most of their website and didn't see a location or contact phone, only an email type "contact us", which I'm leery of.
Where are they?
alpha&omega
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They are JM3. I met them out at SEMA in Vegas. They had a booth set up and were demonstrating their new product. After trying it out and hearing that they were making all different sizes to accommodate vehicles with small oil filters all the way up to XL filters on turbo Diesel engines I knew there would be one that fit my tractor and one for my truck.
They are a legitimate company. If you feel leery about it because they are a small start-up com, use PayPal and then your sale is covered even if the seller flakes or something goes wrong (other than you not liking “said product” you purchase from “said company”, in which case you would have to return “said product” to “said company” first in order to receive a refund - and possibly paying a restocking fee *drives me a little bonkers with some companies that you have to pay return shipping and restocking. That sounds like a whole bucket of NOPES!)
I can’t speak on the latter for JM3, as the two wrenches I purchased work great and therefore will not be returned.
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Hmmm.....interesting design, but seems to have the same problem as so many of the "solutions" have, which is they only work for filters where the body of the filter is accessible from the side. And also there needs to be room for your hand. Lots of filters don't have that kind of accessibilty.
On the type of wrench you have pictured, how do you attach a long bar for the required leverage?
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alpha&omega
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That’s the thing. You don’t need leverage. The tool does all the work for you. The spring assisted design breaks the filter free when it engages loosening it up to then be removed by hand.
Just for reference - as a way to test out my new purchase against their claims, I asked a friend of mine who owns an excavation company if I could use an old piece of equipment to experiment on. So he picked an ancient crane he his grandfather owned and some tractor that had to have been older than Noah’s Ark. To make things interesting he beat an old filter onto the tractor engine…and I mean BEAT it on there. No oil to lube the old gasket, just whatever burnt oil may or may not have been in the filter. Fired it up for a bit to let it get hot and then just let it sit out to get rained on for a year. The heat, the cold, from frozen nights to hot days. Granted the cranes engine wasn’t running, but the filter had been used on the engine before it was parked. That one was a lot more difficult to get to, and my first option would have been a cup filter wrench or a spring style wrench. Nonetheless, I was bound and determined to finish our experiment, so I used it on both and it performed flawlessly.
My only complaint is the actual “fit and finish” of the wrenches. I opted for ones off the shelf instead of custom made, custom engraved/etched wrench and as such they were a bit unfinished and required a small file on a couple spots to make them operate a bit smoother and not want to dig into your hand while finagling them into tight spots. *I have no affiliation with the company and received no discounts or compensation for my story (brought to you in part by Pfizer…only kidding. Seriously, I’m just a guy sharing my knowledge about a tool I ran across that made my life that much easier - definitely worth the purchase).
alpha&omega
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Take a look at the video I posted earlier in this thread. You will get a better idea as to how it works with regards to the “required leverage”. I was totally skeptical as well, hence the previous story where it was put to the test.
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It's very difficult for me to resist over tightening an oil filter.