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From: jjs@drutx.UUCP (SwansonJJ)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Nighthawk 'S' Oil Filter
Message-ID: <525@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 11:10:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: drutx.525
Posted: Thu Jul 10 11:10:42 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jul-86 04:12:52 EDT
Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver
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I too have an '84 Nighthawk S.  Removing the oil filter with the exhaust
system in place is kind of tricky.  The filter should fit through the
opening formed by the right-most (sitting on the bike) header pipe
and the frame down-tube.  It will be a very tight fit and is a two-step
maneuver.  First you have to get the fluted end of the filter into this
opening.  I can't describe how I do this, so just try different positions
until you get it.  Once the filter is in the opening it will slide easily
until the rim (end of filter opposite fluted end) hits the header pipe and
frame tube.  By now oil will be all over the place, so a firm pull will
bring the filter past this last barrier without scratching either tube.
But if you're concerned, you can grease these surfaces it before hand.

John Swanson
AT&T ISL Denver