ARES 56028 Universal 3 25 Inch Spin Review

Apparently John Deere hires Neanderthals with pneumatic wrenches to tighten their original oil filters. I first bought an oil filter wrench with two handles. It made a remark but slipped and bent the sides of the filter. Then I bought one of those oil filter caps that can be turned with a 1/2" socket or wrench. It also slipped and got me nowhere. Then I bought one of those strap wrenches. Good with welded sand. but it slipped through , without moving the filter. Then I bought this ARES key. It…

I have tried and used at least 8 or 9 other oil filter removal tools and this ARES 56028 Universal Oil Filter Wrench is absolutely the BEST. If you have a stuck oil filter that seems impossible to remove, THIS tool will do the job! Every other oil filter wrench I've used slips, bends, or is useless. This ARES 56028 Oil Filter Wrench GRABS the filter firmly with metal teeth, and the filter can be easily removed. After using this tool a few times, I threw away every other oil filter wrench I had.

I bought a cheap OEM version of the filter housing tool and it broke the ribs on the plastic filter housing. Then I bought all the other oil filter wrenches that were in the auto parts store. I tried a hand wrench, a triangular self-tightening wrench, a two-sided self-tightening wrench with no teeth, they all broke. I even put screws in the filter housing to improve the hold and tried all of the above again and nothing was able to damage the housing. I broke down and got an equivalent OEM…

Used this wrench on a 2011 Yamaha FJR motorcycle filter with restricted access. A few days before the trip I thought it would be better to change the oil, which I did a lot at home. The filter was last changed at an out of state Yamaha dealership as part of a scheduled service. Either it was tight or the seal was not wetted with oil. The pot wrench I always used kept slipping off. I even tried using a small rubber band wrench but it just squeezed the sidewall of the filter, luckily it didn't…