battery neutral post size

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Mårty - 31 Oct 2007 17:43 GMT

recently replaced a car battery in one of the extended familys car and noticed the
neutral cable loop is still a little loose after tightening the nut around the loop
that goes on the neutral post.

thought about putting in another neutral cable but the car has multiple electric
connections all routed to that one common neutral bundle so am asking if there is a
way to make the battery post size bigger or some adapter to make the post *fatter* ?

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Mike Romain - 31 Oct 2007 18:37 GMT

> recently replaced a car battery in one of the extended familys car and
> noticed the neutral cable loop is still a little loose after tightening
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> asking if there is a way to make the battery post size bigger or some
> adapter to make the post *fatter* ?

Sometimes you can get away with adding a washer to the head and nut of
the bolt to get a bit larger surface to 'pull' some more lead at the
post, but basically the clamp is worn out and if it gets stretched much
more it will just snap usually.

I have seen folks use a piece of copper pipe split to sleeve the post,
but corrosion was a large issue with that if I remember right.
Electrolysis more than water corrosion.

I guess if you could find some lead sheeting or pipe, but the clamp is
worn out and ready to crack anyway, so...

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile...

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Pason - 31 Oct 2007 22:13 GMT

If you're in Canada, Princess Auto has battery post shims for this purpose.

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