I know you're done, just thought I would add a method that has worked well for me. After getting the rear fitting off, lodge a wrench onto the front nut and use the filter itself for the torquing. The ends of the filter have I believe 17mm or19mm areas to wrench on....whatever, this sort of forces everything to stay in line and not bind while you are using a good bit of leverage to break it loose.


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