Where do you guys buy those little round O-rings when you change your oil?

I can get the large O-rings at the stealership when I buy my oil and filters, but they are always out of stock of the little o-rings that go in the indent of the filter itself to keep the oil pressure going through the filter instead of simply going around it...

I asked the stealership manager himself the last time I was there for something else (he happened to be servicing customers right then, I didn't ask for him) when he expected to get some in stock because he hasn't had any the last 3 times I was there and he checks his computer and then says; Let's see, it looks like I haven't sold any of those in 8 months, so you can see that I don't have much of a demand for them so I don't stock them regularly.

So I gave him a look and said; You haven't sold any in 8 months because you haven't had any in stock for 8 months, does that computer tell you how many people have asked for them and your people had to say that you didn't have any?  

Soooo, anyway, where DO you guys get those rings?  I'm thinking about trying a plumbing supply store, anyone know what size they are?  Or do I have stop half way through my next oil change and go down to the store with the ring in hand?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Umm,  there is a smaller o-ring?

I just changed my oil last week guided by a post on this forum and I didn't see anyting about a smaller o-ring.

I certanly did not see one when I changed the oil.

Is my bike going to die?

Can I wait until my next oil change to add it back in?

Measure the size of the thingy and go to an auto parts store and get one. If it fits right, remember or write down the size for future reference.
Tain't rocket science.

Phelonius

Why not just do like I do and order 5 or 10 at a time. I haven't found the correct size O ring in any of my assortments either metric or SAE.  When I get down to 2 I reorder both 0-rings and check on filter prices and get a inventory of those. I'd rather have one in the drawer in the tool box marked "Savage parts and tools" than wait for something I know I will need or be able to use in the future. Still amazes my B-i-L when I reach in the drawer and come up with the deisred part. He is used to getting parts either on walk-in or overnight for his farming operation, however his Honda water changers cycle parts take at least a week and more if re-shipped to him. Max

Oh that's what you had said!  At least they could do is make the alternate make it obvious that it was a replacement.  I guess they couldn't decide what the replacement should be.  

What o rings are you guys talking about?

When I changed the oil, I checked in the filter I took out and there was an o-ring recessed in where the filter fits over the nipple.  When I looked in the filter I was putting in, there was an o-ring already in the new filter.

Is that the o-ring that we need to be concerned with?  If it is, doesn't it come with the filter to begin with?

It is an aftermarket filter, come to think of it.

When I looked at the parts breakdown, I saw there was the external o-ring.  If I ever change back to the OEM filter, I will need to get that o-ring.

I am planning to change my oil (at least) every 2000 miles and the oil and filter on each scheduled maintenance.  It may be overkill.. But I don't want my engine to fail early.

DocNeedles wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:


There is supposed to be a rubber o-ring over the tube that the filter hangs over.  What the o-ring does is it ensures that the oil goes through the filter instead of around the filter.  You will not get a leak on the outside of the bike though so you would never see it.

In my mind, the filter only works when the oil is forced through it, so I want a good o-ring there so that the oil can't slip around it.

FYI:  after making this thread and reading everyones responses I ended up buying the O-ring assortment box from Jacks Tool Shed so I'll have the o-rings I need for any other project I have around the house as well.  I changed the oil in my bike last night and size 11 in the kit is the size we need for the oil filter in the savage.  I have 19 more in that size, but I'll still have to buy the big o-rings from the dealer, it's just too big to be in an assortment of small o-rings.