bsteely

Be warned about the Fram on the list, and possibly others. I bought two at Walmart to do my own 600 mile oil change. When I went to spin it onto the hollow bolt sticking out from the engine, it turned with a bit of resistance. I was concerned I may have started it off cross threaded, so I pulled it off and started over. I did this several times but could not find any starting point where I did not notice this resistance. Eventually I just figured the threads were a snug fit and I spun the filter down anyway and when it got to the point where it was finally against the engine, it just kept spinning and wouldn't tighten. "Stripped! Good thing I bought two of these" I thought to myself. So I removed the first filter and much to my disgust discovered it had completely ruined not only its own threads but more importantly it ruined the threads on the stud coming out of the engine. Fortunately the stud in the engine is removable and replaceable. But my dealer didn't have it in stock so I had to order it. I picked up some genuine Yamaha filters at the same time. The stud that comes out of the engine has the same thread pitch on both ends, namely the end that goes into the engine and the end that the filter attaches to. When I removed the stud from the engine, I tried threading the fresh threads that had not been ruined, the ones that were threaded into the engine, into the second Fram filter I had bought. I right away noticed the same resistance as with the first Fram. Upon close inspection of the Fram, the threads didn't look right to me. It's like they are rolled or somehow formed instead of cut. They had a squarish look about them instead of a ridge of little triangular teeth like threads are supposed to look. I returned the second filter to Walmart. I have decided to keep the stud with the damaged threads on one side to use as a thread gauge whenever I go shopping for aftermarket filters again. If I can't easily spin the filter onto the stud in the store, I won't buy the filter. My bike was down for two weeks while I waited for the part from the dealer. The whole affair was a drag.

Just curious but how do you tighten the mirror extender without marring the finish? They don't seem to have place to put a wrench to them. Also, do you know if they my 1" extenders? I think I could get by with slightly less than than a full 2-inches of extension.