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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Oil filter prices rising fast .... Reply #45 - 09/27/12 at 20:42:51 With the price of oil being what it is, why wouldn't you want an equally priced filter?
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Re: Oil filter prices rising fast ....
Reply #46 - 09/27/12 at 20:48:46

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 08/23/12 at 16:33:29:

Not bad looking filters at all, actually. Look better than an EMGO, actually.

I am gonna cheat me a little cheat next time I take my big super magnet off my oil filter.

I am gonna use my little Chinese lathe and cut into one of the magnet flat faces by 1/16" deep and take that cut from the ID hole out to the OD size of the end cap of a Hiflofiltro oil filter unit.

Now, when I want to use a EMGO filter unit I will put the flat side of the magnet to the filter housing, and when I use a Hiflofiltro filter unit I will put the dished out side to the filter housing.

This way I can use either kind of filter at will, and I still have my bypass oil filter end space correctly maintained by my little cork strips while my bulky arsed super magnet stays all properly supported .....

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see, you can work your way past most unexpected things if you take a bit of time and just think your way through it.

I taped on of those "Super Magnets" to the differential on a Jeep. Drove for a month, the magnet was powder,, busted into tiny, not so super magnety, stuff.

IOW, Ill bet that magnet goes to pieces,

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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Oil filter prices rising fast .... Reply #47 - 09/28/12 at 04:35:34 rfw2003 wrote on 08/16/12 at 11:34:41: Just a quick google and I found em for $2.94 http://www.oemcycle.com/Item/product/900013981 A little over 1 month later and they're up to $4.45.
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Re: Oil filter prices rising fast ....
Reply #48 - 09/28/12 at 05:07:25

clearush wrote on 08/17/12 at 22:32:13:

http://www.amazon.com/1996-2012-Suzuki-DR650-DR650SE-Filter/dp/B0087720QK/ref...

$3.60 a piece shipped if you buy an 8 pack but only 3 sets left

They always say only three left.

Are these filters any good? I wonder who makes them?

If they get a thumbs up from you know-it-alls, I'll buy the set of eight, and then sell four at cost to anyone in the Atlanta area that wants them.

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Re: Oil filter prices rising fast ....
Reply #49 - 09/28/12 at 06:17:08

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/27/12 at 20:48:46:

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 08/23/12 at 16:33:29:

Not bad looking filters at all, actually. Look better than an EMGO, actually.

I am gonna cheat me a little cheat next time I take my big super magnet off my oil filter.

I am gonna use my little Chinese lathe and cut into one of the magnet flat faces by 1/16" deep and take that cut from the ID hole out to the OD size of the end cap of a Hiflofiltro oil filter unit.

Now, when I want to use a EMGO filter unit I will put the flat side of the magnet to the filter housing, and when I use a Hiflofiltro filter unit I will put the dished out side to the filter housing.

This way I can use either kind of filter at will, and I still have my bypass oil filter end space correctly maintained by my little cork strips while my bulky arsed super magnet stays all properly supported .....

Wink

see, you can work your way past most unexpected things if you take a bit of time and just think your way through it.

I taped on of those "Super Magnets" to the differential on a Jeep. Drove for a month, the magnet was powder,, busted into tiny, not so super magnety, stuff.

IOW, Ill bet that magnet goes to pieces,

Why is that, Justin? It is a big 3/8 thick lump of nickel plated powdered metal that has been in there for years and years now. Do you think shaving off 50 thousandths off of only part of one side is going to structurally weaken it that much?

I guess if I can avoid the risk mebbe I should, them magnets are relatively more "fragile" than solid steel after all.

I could sub in a thinner "O" ring on the back side of the filter to create the extra room that is needed for the stack up -- I've got me an "O" ring set from Harbor Freight that has the right ID to grip the spud and the diameter change is about right, so I'll try that instead.

Thanks for the thought -- worth pursuing I think.

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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Oil filter prices rising fast .... Reply #50 - 09/28/12 at 07:02:06 What does the magnet do?
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Re: Oil filter prices rising fast ....
Reply #51 - 09/28/12 at 07:42:37

It amuses me by collecting all the ferrous bits and pieces, including those that are too fine to be collected by the oil filter.

Some would try to argue that removing all minute ferrous trash might have some slight benefit to ball bearing races and balls, but I know more ferrous trash is being made all the time and all I am really doing is giving them just one shot at doing damage instead of allowing them to recirculate time after time after time.

Like I said, it amuses me ....

If I had the guts to run some really extended drain intervals it might amuse me more, but I don't -- I still change the oil every year and change the filter every 2 years (although I have been known to reuse the filter after washing out and collecting & analysing all the stuff caught in the pleats).

It all amuses the heck out of me, and that's what counts with them super duper smagnet augmented filter systems.

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Reply #52 - 10/03/12 at 12:24:26

I took the magnet out of mine. It just made everything fit so tightly that it bugged me. It was handy to be able to stick tools to the side of the engine though. At one point I though it had caused the aluminum cover to crack at the edges of the magnet. Then I realized it had just collected some ferrous "dust" while I was riding and it had adhered to the outside of the cover at the edges of the magnet. The magnet is on the back of my sissy bar backrest now. Still works for tools.

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Re: Oil filter prices rising fast ....
Reply #53 - 10/03/12 at 12:43:49

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 09/28/12 at 07:42:37:

It amuses me by collecting all the ferrous bits and pieces, including those that are too fine to be collected by the oil filter.

Some would try to argue that removing all minute ferrous trash might have some slight benefit to ball bearing races and balls, but I know more ferrous trash is being made all the time and all I am really doing is giving them just one shot at doing damage instead of allowing them to recirculate time after time after time.

Like I said, it amuses me ....

If I had the guts to run some really extended drain intervals it might amuse me more, but I don't -- I still change the oil every year and change the filter every 2 years (although I have been known to reuse the filter after washing out and collecting & analysing all the stuff caught in the pleats).

It all amuses the heck out of me, and that's what counts with them super duper smagnet augmented filter systems.

Wink

That's the whole reason we play with these machines, eh? Not much else matters.

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