Servicing the farm 06 Kodiak 450, with service manual PDF… Manual says to remove the oil strainer with oil change – problem: cover bolt is really tight, and putting a strong arm to the wrench only seems to cause the socket to wedge and stick on the bolt, as if the bolt head is damaged.

For the short: I went ahead and changed the oil and filter without cleaning the strainer, as we need her back in service, but for the next time, what tricks might I try to get the strainer out?

The allen headed bolt next to it is not some sort of a keeper, is it?

The whole job makes me wonder if the outfit that’s been servicing it uses a torque wrench, or just gets things "really tight". Lug nuts all loosened with a long breaker-bar and a ‘bang’.