Hey guys and gals, installed H&B skid plate. definitely will not work with purolator pure one PL14610 (longer filter). Drained the oil, put on PL14612 shorter filter, still no go demet. The front of the skid plate touches the filter while there is still a gap of about 4-5 mm between front mounting bracket and the inner side of the skid plate. I don't think the skid should be touching the filter while the screws are not all the way in. Looks like the next option is back to the stock filter? Anyone with H&B skid can chime in on this?
I looked at the KAWI OEM filter that I use on my voyager because it does not seem to like the PL filters, develops weird knock in the balancer area, but it is also compatible with PL14612/14610, and it looks to be 2 mm shorter then the short purolator. Anyone has an OEM yama filter for ST can tell me what the length is, I don't have on on hand right now, will get one tomorrow. Good thing about H&B is that the holes for the side bracket mounts are not round but prolonged oval, so you can move the plate back and fourth, which is why it mounted up, but I still have everything loose. I guess another option would be a spacer between the inner side of the front of the plate and the front mounting bracket so that the bolts can be tightened all the way, but then it would still be touching the filter.
Thanks!
I looked at the KAWI OEM filter that I use on my voyager because it does not seem to like the PL filters, develops weird knock in the balancer area, but it is also compatible with PL14612/14610, and it looks to be 2 mm shorter then the short purolator. Anyone has an OEM yama filter for ST can tell me what the length is, I don't have on on hand right now, will get one tomorrow. Good thing about H&B is that the holes for the side bracket mounts are not round but prolonged oval, so you can move the plate back and fourth, which is why it mounted up, but I still have everything loose. I guess another option would be a spacer between the inner side of the front of the plate and the front mounting bracket so that the bolts can be tightened all the way, but then it would still be touching the filter.
Thanks!