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Offline hombre

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Safety Wire Question
« on: March 12, 2009, 02:48:59 PM »
I'm familiar with drilling bolts and general safety wire technique, but how does one safety wire a spin-on oil filter? It has no tabs or flanges that could be drilled.  :?

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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 03:48:11 PM »
Alsays wondered about that myself.
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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2009, 03:52:11 PM »
If I were to do that, I'd make a retaining clip that holds the bottom of the filter, then safety wire the retaining clip. 

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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2009, 03:55:55 PM »
Rap a large hose clamp around the filter, and wire to it. Been doing it for years on road racers and not one has come loose. (YET)
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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 05:16:49 PM »
we drilled a .040 hole in the crimp and wired to that... worked OK... no problem
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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2009, 06:02:40 PM »
Thanks for all the fast replies, guys! If the crimp looks too thin to drill and hold, I'll use the hose clamp method.

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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2009, 08:27:46 PM »
I think it's the K & N brand -- that has a hex fastener head on the top of the filter, and I think I remember that said hex is drilled for a safety wire.  If not K & N -- someone else, but one of the bigger names in the filter world.

Dick's hose clamp method is by far the most common method to safety wire the oil filter.
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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2009, 08:44:52 PM »
K&N makes them.  I didn't check to see if they are drilled for safety wire but I think it would be easy enough to drill.  http://www.knfilters.com/oilfilter.htm
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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2009, 10:49:16 PM »
Every motorcycle sanctioning authority I know of accepts a hose clamp aroung the filter that is then safety wired to the bike ... I have used this method in the past but it is hard to beat the K&N filters with the integral nut already drilled for wire.

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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2009, 11:02:40 PM »
Problem with the K&N, is the safety wire is 5" or so from any thing to tie it to on most engines
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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2009, 02:45:04 AM »
hose clamps used here!
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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2009, 07:46:11 AM »
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hose clamps used here!
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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2009, 10:32:01 AM »
zip ties and duct tape...... with an occasional dry wall screw!
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Re: Safety Wire Question
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2009, 11:30:43 AM »
Turns out K&N does make one that fits with the pre-drilled top knot. Thanks again for the info!