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How to disconnect battery
Hi, All:
I need to disconnect negative battery cable. Which tools do I need? Do I need to use something like Battery Clamp Puller or Battery Clamp spreader etc? Rick |
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depends on the type of battery connection.
Normal post and clamp, you loosen the bolt that goes across the end of the clamp, stck a big screwdriver in to lever it open and pull it off. The other one you remove a screw from the middle of the connector and pull the cable off. Get a little battery post brush and clean it before reinstalling. Make sure the cable cannot touch the other terminal. |
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> wrote in message oups.com... > Hi, All: > > I need to disconnect negative battery cable. Which tools do I need? Do > I need to use something like Battery Clamp Puller or Battery Clamp > spreader etc? > If it is in good condition then removal is obvious and I would assume your not being silly enough to ask. So obviously yours are a top post, encrusted in crud, like most of them out there. With these what I do is use a couple pair of vice grips to try to undo the bolt, if the bolt snaps then no big deal. Then use a punch and hammer aganst the inside side of the clamp where the bolt goes through, hit it a few times that will help to loosen the clamp. If the clamp is still glued to the post then use a clamp puller. Once you have the clamp off, soak in water and baking soda, then wire brush it to get all the corrosion off. Usually by working at the bolt with vice grips you can get it out of the clamp then put a new bolt in, but if the clamp is too badly deteriorated then just replace the entire cable. On reeassembly make sure to use the anticorrosion spray. Ted |
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by a manual auto 101
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What are you taking it off for? You might want to just leave it alone. > wrote in message oups.com... > by a manual auto 101 > |
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Thanks! Just use a adjustable wrench to get the job done.
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