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Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« on: 21 January 2018, 11:23:41 »
I managed to break the battery clamp when fitting my new battery! IDIOT! :-[
I have a new one on order but what's the best way to make the clamp fit the terminal post? Should I file down the post or maybe try to make the clamp bigger again & use heat this time?


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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #2 on: 21 January 2018, 11:26:58 »
...trying to add a picture... ::)
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #4 on: 21 January 2018, 11:36:36 »
Yeeaah! :y
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #5 on: 21 January 2018, 11:50:42 »
Ugh! But why; is the post on your new battery larger than on the old one?

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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #6 on: 21 January 2018, 12:13:23 »


Dont really understand the question if Im honest, correct clamp on the correct terminal is a perfect and correct termination, anything else or wrong clamp will just be a bodge.  :-\
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #7 on: 21 January 2018, 12:37:56 »
+ and - terminals are different diameters to make it difficult to connect the battery the wrong way round
I sometimes slip a straight screwdriver into the gap in the clamp to open it up a fraction to help it drop further down on the terminal post but I have never needed to do that to get it to go on in the first place :-\
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #8 on: 21 January 2018, 12:44:58 »
I'd be tempted to get one from a scrapper in a breakers yard. I would think that is one of the last things to go off a car, and at least you'll know it will be a genuine VX and it'll fit!
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #9 on: 21 January 2018, 12:45:50 »
Quote from: zirk on 21 January 2018, 12:13:23


Dont really understand the question if Im honest, correct clamp on the correct terminal is a perfect and correct termination, anything else or wrong clamp will just be a bodge.  :-\
I'm good at bodging... :-[
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #11 on: 21 January 2018, 12:54:16 »
I caused the problem because I decided I needed a type of clamp that will disconnect the battery quickly & without tools.
The reason being, the car is going to be left in France, at the airport & will be stood for long periods.
I found, amongst my car stuff, this clamp which can be removed by hand, so it's not the original. I was trying to widen the gap in the clamp with a wide ended screwdriver ( as per one of the replies ) & that's how I snapped it.
Yes, as per normal, I wish I hadn't started but I'm here now & with a new one ordered I will be back to the same problem of needing to widen the gap - hence my original question?  ::)
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #12 on: 21 January 2018, 12:56:04 »
Those are just a standard battery clamp - not vehicle / model specific, and fitted would look like a bodge if you tried to use one. A scrappy is still the way I would go.....
Why not just keep a small 10mm open ended spanner or small socket on a screwdriver handy to disconnect / reconnect the original type? They are one of the easiest cars I know to disconnect / connect the original battery clamps because the stainless terminal clamp bolts (no rusting either to make life even more difficult!) are angled at 45 degrees for easier access. 
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
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Re: Battery terminal clamp - dumb question cos I'm an idiot!
« Reply #14 on: 21 January 2018, 13:05:26 »
Quote from: Bigron on 21 January 2018, 13:01:00
If you want the clamps to be QD:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battery-Clamps-Quick-Release-Battery-Terminal-Clamps-12V-Pair-of-Caravan-Car-Van/182052167538?hash=item2a63279f72:g:UDIAAOSwo3pWenRl

Ron.
Thanks Ron, if I have no joy with the replacement I have already ordered, then I will go for one of those  :y
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