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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Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think! Doh!
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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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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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Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think! Most of the cables have a flat where the head of the bolt goes, to keep the bolt from turning, and you can't get a wrench on it. My 2¢.
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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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Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think! 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 |
Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think! Yes, I understand and am paying attention.
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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
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Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think! 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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Re: Battery Comment - Not What You Think! 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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