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02-28-2021, 06:26 PM | #1 |
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Battery Comment - Not What You Think!
Remember when your mentor (Dad, Uncle, Cousin, whomever) told you to ALWAYS use two wrenches when loosening and/or tightening the battery cables to the terminals, or you risk breakng the battery terminal away from the battery? Well, I didn't and I did: thank goodness it was a 12 year old Optima, and I have a "hot" spare. But still.......listening, JWL?? I won't do that again!!
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02-28-2021, 07:22 PM | #2 |
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Doh!
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02-28-2021, 08:35 PM | #3 |
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Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think!
Never used two wrenches in loosening or tightening the cables to the battery. never had a problem either. They certainly do not need to be that tight
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02-28-2021, 09:41 PM | #5 |
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Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think!
I was taught to put the clamp on about 3/4 of the way down and the hammer it down the rest of the way. (I don't do it like that)
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02-28-2021, 09:46 PM | #6 |
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02-28-2021, 10:09 PM | #7 |
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Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think!
Also, NEVER let your wrench touch the other post.....when you're hot ; you're hot....put a nice mark on my ring finger & pited my wedding band....talk about DUH.
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02-28-2021, 10:23 PM | #8 | |
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02-28-2021, 10:53 PM | #9 |
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Marcus
If the battery is new/good/expensive, take it to a battery shop that remanufactors or builds them, the post can be repoured. Bruce
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03-01-2021, 12:47 AM | #10 |
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Yes, I understand and am paying attention.
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03-01-2021, 07:29 AM | #11 |
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Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think!
[QUOTE=paul2748;1990668]Never used two wrenches in loosening or tightening the cables to the battery. never had a problem either. They certainly do not need to be that tight[/QUOTE
x2!!
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03-01-2021, 07:48 AM | #12 |
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Learnt the hard way as a snotty nosed kid not to tap them in place with a hammer. The post went inside the battery.
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03-01-2021, 08:23 AM | #13 |
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As others have noted above, it doesn't need to be really tight. I also hold the cable up close to the post in the opposite direction of the wrench force to support the post.
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