battery terminal broken

mr_accountant

the negitive terminal on my car battery has broken off and now wont screw tight, is there anything available which will hold the terminal in place. i cant imagine im the first to do this:rolleyes:

the car is a xantia, with the round headed type

anewman

Do you mean the terminal on the battery itself or the clamp on the cable?

If the battery itself is broken I'd get a new battery. If the clamp on the cable is broken you should be able to get a new battery terminal clamp.

mr_accountant

its the clamp, one side of the where the bolt goes though has literally snapped off.

steveo3002

any motorist shop should be able to sell you a replacement clamp

anewman

I'd imagine you just need something like this. http://www.motor-world.co.uk/show_prod.php?prod_id=12876 old terminal off and clamp some bare wire with the grub screws. You should be able to get one for much cheaper than this though.

mr_accountant

a quick look on ebay shows something like this is this what i need?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BATTERY-TERMINALS-AUTOMOTIVE-CAR-POSITIVE-NEGATIVE_W0QQitemZ300190458815QQihZ020QQcategoryZ72205QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem


however does this require me to cut thorough the old clamp to get to the thick black wires-looks like quite a delicate job.

mr_accountant

anewman i think u beat me to it!

anewman

So long as you have enough slack cutting a little of the cable off shouldn't be a problem. You might even have some bare cable if you can get the old clamp off without cutting the cable.

Keith

mr_accountant wrote: »

a quick look on ebay shows something like this is this what i need?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BATTERY-TERMINALS-AUTOMOTIVE-CAR-POSITIVE-NEGATIVE_W0QQitemZ300190458815QQihZ020QQcategoryZ72205QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem


however does this require me to cut thorough the old clamp to get to the thick black wires-looks like quite a delicate job.

Buy that from your local Motor Factors, I'm sure I paid a lot less for one of those last year.

goldspanners

and if you need your car to get you to the shop to buy one,stick a self tapping screw through the side of it to get you there.

mr_accountant

anewman wrote: »

So long as you have enough slack cutting a little of the cable off shouldn't be a problem. You might even have some bare cable if you can get the old clamp off without cutting the cable.

yes i was hoping just to cut the wires and put them in the holes shown and screw them tight.

ill try gsf and a few other motor factors around here cant think it will be more than a few loose pound coins