749 Oil Filter Cup Wrench Size/flutes

I switched to one of these



Now use these that use a normal socket

 

The oil filter I removed also had 8 flutes/flats, I replaced it with one the same as Chris has shown.
I tried using a cup wrench but couldn`t get it on the filter, the exhaust pipe was in the way.
I ended up using theses:

ADJUSTABLE 12" OIL FILTER PLIER PLIERS WRENCH - HAND REMOVAL TOOL | eBay

Best £3.97 I ever spent.

Oh yes, don`t forget the other screen filter, it lives behind this plug


and looks like this:


You unscrew it anti clockwise, it can be in very tight, that`s VERY TIGHT!!!

Sorry I can`t be of more help.

 

Dont be surprided if you end up butchering the damn thing to get it off.

I have what chris posted, it works okay.

 

i changed the oil on the fugly last week didn't spot that sieve. should it have one.

 

Hi Finm. Firstly, let me play the IKBA card.

If this is what yours looks like


then this should help, scroll down to oil pickup screen.
Ducati Oil Change - webBikeWorld

Once again, I Know Bugger All applies here.

 

nope, different. usual plug underneath. or was it? good job i don't do this for a living.

 

genuine ducati filters have 8 flutes on them, various different aftermarket filters and varying numbers of flutes

you could just buy genuine filters or alternatively buy an assortment of cap wrenches to suit the alternative filters out there

I find it easier to just buy the genuine filters and save myself the grief of never having the right cap wrench on hand

there are numerous threads on filters being stuck in place and having to be removed by various degrees of butchery, having done this myself I now only fit filters to which I have a cap wrench to hand

 

Hi Dean.
You`ve probably done the job already but if not, I`ve got some torque settings you might find helpful.
From a Ducati workshop manual I downloaded

Part........................... ........Thread(mm).....Nm....Min.....Max...............Notes
Mesh filter blanking cap.........M 32x1.5 ....... 42......38.....46
Oil drain plug.......................M 22x1.5 .........42......38....46
Oil mesh filter..................... M 22x1.5 .........42......38....46
Oil filter cartridge.................M 16x1.5..........11......10.....12...........Engine oil on gasket

 

The first time I changed the oil on the monster I bit the bullet and carved myself an eight sided ring spanner to fit the std filter, out of 8mm steel plate. Took me the best part of an afternoon, but the bike's a keeper so I was anticipating many subsequent usages.
At the next change I was considering using a non std filter but was annoyed to find that they mostly had fifteen flats.
Not sixteen, which would have been vaguely sensible and would have still allowed my homemade wrench to fit, but bloody fifteen just to be a nuisance !!!
So its std filters for me, or else K&N with their handy hex nuts on the casing.