[chucktx]

yes you are abby..........i also have aquired a few after wrenchin on heavy equip for over 40 years................
how do you keep fingernails long enough to cut if ya wrench??????mine never got longer than the end of my finger?????

[Hot01]

I pay lots of money to keep my fingernails looking good. That IS a chick thing.

[Art_NJr]

Originally Posted by FLHTbiker

I have never hit myself with anything intentionally but I'll bet that new hammer of yours would do a job on my knuckle

All the teeth on that "waffle head" hammer were worn off years ago, but they were sharp when the hammer was new & when I've got it on my tool belt now, I call it my "argument ender" ;-)} Check out a one-piece steel 28-ounce "milled head" Estwing & you'll see why
Estwing Framing Hammers

Knock you clear into next week !! And I used to work with a guy who was a body-builder - to pull a 3" long Hilti-gun nail out of concrete, you grab it with the "straight claw" end of the hammer & pull sideways for more leverage - he could bend the steel shaft doing it. I can get it to bend just a little bit, but nothing like he could - and if you don't have a good grip on the nail .....

[SPORSTERBOY]

I KNOW ABOUT THE NAIL THING, HELL I COULD RENT TO OWN A PLASMA TV FOR MY OL'LADY'S MONTHLY NAIL BILL SPEAKING OF WHAT HD SELLS, EVER NOTICE THE STUFF OTHER THAN BIKE PARTS, LIKE THE BOOTS, WHICH I WILL NEVER BUY AGIAN, SAY MADE IN CHINA, GO FIGURE, I HAVE A FUN HAY DAY EVERY TIME I GO TO THE STEALERSHIP, AND THE SEXY YOUNG SALES GIRL COMES UP AND I POP THE ? IF HD IS ALL ABOUT AMERICAN MADE THIS AND THAT, WHY DOES THIS SAY MADE IN CHINA

[FLHTbiker]

I brought up that question at a HD shop one time and there answer was: If it was made in the USA then the quality wouldn't be as good. That really made the blood boil and the items I had in my hand to buy went back on the rack. I also then said to the guy then why doesn't HD build their bikes in China if the American labor is so crappy and then I walked out.

[steveb]

I use nothing but the K&N filter with a 3/4" nut on the end. Easy to get off. As far as the oil running all over I took one of those thin plastic garage sale signs and cut it up to form a trough that fits under the filter and drains the oil into a drip pan. With that and a K&N filter no drips on the bike or the floor.

[ironhorse]

it ain't the scars that bug me (cause chicks dig scars ) or a song to that effect, but after 20+ yrs of wrenching and burning rod, ya get up in the morninigs and the first thing you do is get the knucles and neck bones flexing again. heck my wife probably has more scars on her fingers from knives, (and of course helping adjust large car clutches and brakes) than i do, but i didn't just marry the hands

[Ultra Al]

I use the K&N filters on my bikes too. Not only are they easy to get on and off but they absolutely filter better than anything out there. I forget what magazine I saw the article maybe American Iron Horse or Hot Bike but they had all the filters in their test Harley, CC etc; and the K&N was way out in front. I like the garage sign funnel Idea I generally just use the empty box as a funnel. AL

[maxpower_hd]

I buy my filters from Harley. They have the sort of octagon shape to them on the end that allows you to use the big oil filter socket like Chucktx mentioned. I never have an issue. I used to use the Custom Chrome ones but those were round and not as easy to get off. I have also used the ones that have the same hole for the 3/8" extension but has three fingers that grab the side of the filter tighter and tighter as you put more pressure on it. They work well too.

As far as finding all those nicks and cuts...........I was removing a gas tank, among other things, from my truck. My tank has a drain plug in it so I decided to drain the gas out instead of trying to remove a tank full of fuel. Well inevitably, the gas ran all the way down my arm and off my elbow. Of course the day before I had been cutting down thorn bushes and brush in my yard. I realized pretty damned fast just how many scratches I had on my arm. It felt more like my arm was one big scratch.

Those gloves are a good idea too. I get them from work so I have several pairs.

[fittykick]

I managed to get a little scratch on the arm...man was that filter tight!! Okay, it might have involved a chain saw.....I wonder if a strap wrench would take down a tree, it's gotta be safer than the way I did it.

[FLHTbiker]

That definitely looks like that hurt

[fittykick]

Lost about six months of riding....couldn't pull in the clutch. It only hurt when the pills wore off!!

[chucktx]

ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SK]

Gonna be a cool scar and something to talk about. Hope it heals well.