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saratovich Junior Member Offline Posts: 58	Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change? 04/03/08 at 19:15:13 I've not found it in the Clymer manual or in the nice oil change spread Greg did in the tech section. There was a guess at 5mm? Anyone got the definative answer? Thanks in advance.
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change? Reply #1 - 04/03/08 at 19:18:48 5 mm it is
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saratovich Junior Member Offline Posts: 58	Re: Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change? Reply #2 - 04/03/08 at 19:26:36 Thank you very much Reelthing! It's on the shopping list for tomorrow!
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Re: Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change?
Reply #3 - 04/04/08 at 05:13:37

Get a set of cushioned 'T' handle metric allen wrenches. Harbor freight has them for cheap, or you can get the good ones from Sears.

Alot of allen-key fasteners tend to get stuck after a long time and regular allen wrenches can bend in the effort to remove them. They also tend to slip off center and can round off the keyed surfaces.

A 'T' handle will allow you the greatest amount of control (leaving the wrench centered in the fastener) and will allow you the most counter torque for fastener removal.

I have the Craftsman set (both standard and metric). They're kind of like an angle grinder. You've gotten along just fine for this long, but after you get one, you wonder how you ever got anything accomplished before.....

Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion.

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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change? Reply #4 - 04/04/08 at 07:11:14 i had a set of allen sockets from harbor freight. I threw them out after I stripped 4 bolts in 2 minutes. I got a decent set from an auto parts store. those I wondered how I lived w/o!
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change? Reply #5 - 04/04/08 at 10:29:03 you bet - and the allen bits for the cordless drill w/torque setting work very - say for pulling the 4 inch lone 4mm allen bolts on the supertrapp
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saratovich Junior Member Offline Posts: 58	Re: Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change? Reply #6 - 04/04/08 at 10:33:31 Oh, you guys ARE good!! The "real" world experience is greatly appreciated. I'm off to Sears. Thanks again!
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change? Reply #7 - 04/04/08 at 11:31:03 saratovich wrote on 04/04/08 at 10:33:31: Oh, you guys ARE good!! The "real" world experience is greatly appreciated. I'm off to Sears. Thanks again! those are good - if they have them get the ones with ball tip it lets you get to the allen head at an angle
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change? Reply #8 - 04/04/08 at 18:13:44 I got tha Harbor Freight T-handle allen wrenches with the different colored plastic handles. So far, no stripping anything out & using plenty of torque.
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saratovich Junior Member Offline Posts: 58	Re: Size of Allen wrench for Oil filer change? Reply #9 - 04/04/08 at 18:59:39 Well, I picked up a set of Craftsman. They have very nice padded handles. Hopefully, I'll only have to but them once! :^)
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