Please tell me there is another way

[Guest]

Hey guys, first time poster here, long time lurker/user of the site.

I have a 79 GS 1000 that I bought off the original owner, however at some point he replaced teh stock pipes witha Kerker 4 into 1 which while it sounds nice, blocks access to the oil filter cap. Is there a relocation kit available or do you similar type users remove your headers every time you need to change the filter?

As the filter will neither fit between the header pipes, nor the header and engine, I am perplexed... perhaps I'm dumb and looking at it from the wrong angle?

Thanks in advance.

Tyler

[Grimly]

Nope. Believe it or not, some dumb-as-pig-crap designers actually thought it was a good idea to set their headers so the oil filter was obstructed and users had to remove the downpipes to change the filter.
Amazing, isn't it? You may ask how anyone can be so utterly stupid, but it was common in the 70s with aftermarket pipes.

[Brendan W]

Count yourself lucky you can get at the drain plug

[JEEPRUSTY]

I imagine they are long past due to be seized in place and a risk of snapping off bolts when you try to remove them?
A lot of headers had that problem but I think they were marketed to gear heads who had no qualms about dropping the exhaust to do the filter change.
Heck I used to drop the exhaust on a bike I had to polish the chrome. Man it always looked pretty and it made changing filters a breeze.

[steve murdoch]

Give the bolts a good soaking of something like PBBlaster before you try removing them and use anti-seize when you repalce them.
Welcome to the site.

[Sandy]

Hopefully the original owner had the fore-site to replace the stock exhaust bolts with studs and nuts when he installed the header. I think most did at the time so as not to wear out the threads in the head with constant removals for oil changes. If he didn't, do so while you have it apart. I've found that it also makes it somewhat easier to reinstall the header.

[wymple]

If you get off ok, put studs and nuts back in. Then the next time age and corrosion won't matter, you can just heat the nuts real good with a propane torch and spin them right off.

[tkent02]

Age and corrosion won't matter if you change the oil a few times a year.

[Fahugwagaads]

Thanks for the info guys...I guess I was hoping there was some magical skinny filter that would go in to do the job (albiet not as nicelly).

I had plans to remove the header to wrap them, but yeah I guess I was hoping to not have to do it as often. Thankfully the bike only sat for a couple years when the guy got too old to ride it.

Anybody try an in line oil filter with an oil cooler?

[Sandy]

Not to worry, actually once you get the hang of it the pipe should come off in one piece in about 5 minutes. Head pipe bolts or nuts and rear muffler hanger and the pipe should drop off in one piece.

[JJ]

...Thankfully the bike only sat for a couple years when the guy got too old to ride it.

Huh? People get "too old" to ride? Try telling that to several of us here! LOL

[Fahugwagaads]

His words, not mine. Though he was werll into his 80's.

[steve murdoch]

Not familiar with an "in-line oil filter".
Is it something like this? http://www.bellengineering.net/produ...roducts_id=717
The stock system works fine or are you hoping to use the in-line setup to avoid removing the exhaust?

[Grimly]

Anybody try an in line oil filter with an oil cooler?

I've seen it done on an XS650 or two - same low pressure system, and it works well enough.

[Charlie G]

Huh? People get "too old" to ride? Try telling that to several of us here! LOL

My Dad is 81 and rides his Wing. His Wing trike is his back up plan.