GEARWRENCH 1/2" Drive Nylon Strap Oil Filter Wrench - 3149

I have a pain in the butt filter on my truck. For some reason out of all my vehicles it's the hardest to remove with limited access to it. Normally turns into mess. This tool worked excellent.

I never leave reviews but this got me out of a bind with a really stuck filter. For me well worth the $7. Nylon strap didn't tear even though filter had some jagged edges. Thin strap got around whole filter in difficult to access location on 2004 Dodge. I gave 4 stars for sturdiness because I'm not sure the strap would hold up with daily professional use, but they sell heavier duty versions for 4 to 6 times the cost. Worked great for one time use for me. I was impressed that I saw no cut or anything on strap with my use given tight fit and jagged edges on filter after punching through filter with screwdriver. I saw a review where strap came unattached for somebody else. I torqued on this pretty hard with a breaker bar and saw no I'll effects. It was a little awkward for me to use with the oil filter facing downwards on my SUV. But it got the job done after a lot of frustration trying to use the wrench off 1" bolt off K&N filter. I buggered that up because it was hard to get wrench or socket on solidly due to filter location. Tried other wrenches, breaking on, and even the screwdriver method, but this was what finally got the job done. The only area for improvement I would like so see is a tighter fit to the half inch socket. It kept slipping off because I was using it upside down due to my filter location. It is a little awkward to use due to strap and nature of design. I still gave 4 stars because I expected this awkwardness with this type of wrench. I think there are other designs that could be used with socket extension that might be easier to use, but the ones with that design were at the professional heavy duty price point. I think the strap flexibility actually helped me due to the awkward location of my filter. I would classify this as a "last resort" wrench due to a little awkwardness in use. Once I got filter broke loose with this it was easier to use a jaws type wrench to get it the rest of the way. I would try this before the nasty messy screwdriver method.

I bought a 30 year old SUV to begin restoring - Car runs and drives already so first order of business was to change the fluids. I purchased the car from the second owner who only had it for two months and put about 800 miles on it without changing the oil - he said the first owner said it was due for a change. I checked the service records and saw the vehicle only has had 2,000 miles put it on it in the past 10 years so I'm guessing that's how long the current filter has been on it. I started out with my spider wrench - it just scraped up the side of the filter. Moved on to my filter pliers and ended up crushing the filter in slightly - I resorted to the screw driver method and it just started tearing a line through the side of the filter so I immediately stopped - I knew I would need to try a strap and then move on to removing the entire filter mount - I hopped on amazon and bought this strap, it arrived the next day and I noticed the strap was nice and wide and seemed to be good quality - It is slotted into the socket in a way that seems nice and sturdy with pretty much no chance of it coming out and the socket itself is incredibly thick. The filter on this truck is surrounded by oil cooler and brake lines on on side, the engine block on another and the radiator on the third - there is only one spot I could even wrench on it and even there I've only got about 5" of play - I went ahead and got this strap wrapped around and slid my socket with an angle adapter onto it. After about two minutes of prying on the socket wrench the filter came loose! I'm quite happy with this little tool and it will be ready at hand for all of my future oil changes. Would recommend in a heart beat. It saved me a ton of trouble as I would have had to remove the oil cooling lines, brake lines, heat shields around the engine block and then pull the whole filter mounting assembly out but luckily this thing got it moving.

Only issue i have is. I had to debur before it would go on my ratchet. It had saw marks and a bit of a lip on the socket end. It works good for stuck smaller filters.

The speed of arrival from Amazon was as expected. It easily fit into the tight space of getting the oil filter off of my motorcycle.

I had a extremely stuck oil filter. I got the standard socket tried with a ratchet did nothing, then used a impact which just rounded the flutes off, used a filter wrench, the filter channel locks, and even tried using the ratchet strap+wrench trick and nothing worked. I was going to do the screwdriver method but I calmed down and realized I'd probably shred the filter before busting it loose and make a bigger headache for myself. Ordered this tool, and with some elbow grease it busted it loose. The filter was clogged and crushed afterwards but it probably saved me a couple hundred bucks at a shop had I shredded the thing with a screwdriver. Definitely a lifesaver and I'd recommend it to anyone

I had never heard of these until I watched a youtube video and saw a guy pull one out, but I bought this in anticipation of needing it to remove a golf cart oil filter that hadn't been changed in over 5-6 years. The oil filter was not even close to budging with just my hands. I don't have a 1/2" socket set (ony 3/8"), but I did find an adapter in all of my accessories that made it easy to connect this filter wrench. It still took a little bit of muscle (for a strong female) to work the filter off with this, but it easily fit around the filter, in a tight space and helped get off the filter. Wouldn't have been able to complete the oil change without this product. Highly recommend!

Does what I bought it for

Had an immovable fuel filter that had not been off in years on a Mercruiser V8. Nothing would budge it. This little tool got it off. Amazing. It is made of strong material and did not twist or bend even thought I was using an 18" breaker bar.

Faster shipping than I expected. And I had the most difficult filter to remove. Those 3 prong things broke and didn’t even budge the filter. Next the pliers. They didn’t work at first but I needed them once the strap tool loosened the filter. If you are working on a bike or tractor save your money. Buy this first and last it works it works

Used many styles of oil filter wrench’s and this works the best for us. Mainly used for the oil filter on big trucks

Gear wrench makes quality tools i recommend !

Great tool for removing oil filters. Soo simple, I'm thinking of making one out of some old ratchet straps and a piece of square metal rod.