76KZ900LTD Oil Filter Difference?

76 was a very weird transition bast@rd stepchild year it would seem. I went to the local powersports store and the local Oreilly and checked on oil filters. Everyone agreed that they had the right numbers for the oil filter. But the thing just looked smaller than what I pulled out of the case. And sure enough I get a filter that is approx. 3" by 3" but the filter that was in there was longer. About 4 or 5" instead of 3". What gives? Any ideas? Just another 76 mystery.....It couldn't decide if it was a Z1 or a KZ... :S

skippr76KZ wrote:

76 was a very weird transition bast@rd stepchild year it would seem. I went to the local powersports store and the local Oreilly and checked on oil filters. Everyone agreed that they had the right numbers for the oil filter. But the thing just looked smaller than what I pulled out of the case. And sure enough I get a filter that is approx. 3" by 3" but the filter that was in there was longer. About 4 or 5" instead of 3". What gives? Any ideas? Just another 76 mystery.....It couldn't decide if it was a Z1 or a KZ... :S

thats why ya dont buy motorcycle parts from oreilys auto parts,ya buy motorcycle parts from napa auto parts! call napa and see if they have a napa4942 filter,which is made by fram but comes in a napa box.:whistle:im sure the filters should all be the same from 73z1 to 80kz1000,but i will check just in case.

Yupper....NAPA's part is also 3" by 3". so it's the wrong one too. There obviously has been a tear in the Space-Time Continuum in 1976!

Post edited by: skippr76KZ, at: 2006/07/25 16:02

well thats what the fram ch6013 cross referances over to.i think ive got a couple of the fram filters ,ill try and go to ashland later today and dig up a filter for ya if you cant get the right one down there.

All the Z1's, KZ900's and KZ1000's thru 1980 use the same filter - NAPA is just messed up...

The stock part number is 16099-002
Emgo part number is 10-24400
Fram is CH6013

Post edited by: Jeff.Saunders, at: 2006/07/25 20:04

the smaller filter looks like one for a 650, I even had a KAW dealer look it up wrong, the late bikes use the small filter, that what was I was told