Anyone know off the top of their head how many turns once the gasket seats for a 98 GSXR 600? Can't find my book at the moment. -brent
Personally I don't think the year of the bike matters. I agree with the comment "until it doesn't leak." But seriously, with as much as we change these damn things I just hand tighten it until I can't tighten it by hand any more. Never had a problem doing that. I change the oil/filter after every endurance weekend and every 2-3 weekends if I'm just running sprints and solos.
2 FULL turns means when it's time to change your oil, the average crappy filter wrench won't get it off.. So to preemptively answer your next post, pound a slot screwdriver right through the filter and use that to turn it
Not so sure about that looser than for a street bike. The new rider pack I got said to snug oil filter tighter than for street with an oil filter wrench. but then again that was 8 years ago and maybe the new filters are more resitant to leaking.
The rule in the manuals is 1/4 turn past hand tight. However I usually just get a two handed goodentight and haven't had any leakers yet.
Not too tight though..... ...wrenching on oil filters too tight runs the risk of reducing oil flow on some models. I burned a clutch up in my R6 by putting the filter on with too much muscle. Now I just put it on by hand and let the safety wire and hose clamp do the rest.
