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Hello guy's, I'm working on my girl friends 2008 MDX with 65K miles.
We had a bad battery from Pep Boys, which they replaced & installed free. But now the terminals especially the one for positive post will not stay on. The terminal has been stretched and just will not clamp tightly.
Also, terminals clamp bolts are not perpendicular to the battery post. They are angled up about 45 degrees which does makes nut (not the bolt head) easier to get at. Is the 45 degree angle by design, or did some tech perhaps bend too tighten terminal on post?
I've search here and seen:
What have you guy's been doing to solve this minor issue?
Thanks!
We had a bad battery from Pep Boys, which they replaced & installed free. But now the terminals especially the one for positive post will not stay on. The terminal has been stretched and just will not clamp tightly.
Also, terminals clamp bolts are not perpendicular to the battery post. They are angled up about 45 degrees which does makes nut (not the bolt head) easier to get at. Is the 45 degree angle by design, or did some tech perhaps bend too tighten terminal on post?
I've search here and seen:
- Shims (caps) to fit over battery post effetely enlarging the post. But not sure that's a good permanent solution.
- New OEM cable(s) a bit pricy, and just gets it back to what I consider not well built as terminal stretch so easily.
- A few talked about replacing just terminal, but not sure they actually did nor did I see what this may involve, or if cable was long enough to permit replacement easily.
What have you guy's been doing to solve this minor issue?
Thanks!