I have a year-old Die Hard Gold side post battery in a $300 car I just got... the battery is worth 1/3 that!
Anyhow some moron half-stripped the negative terminal. It's hanging in there for now.
I have an english thread tap & die set I've never used. Anyone have success retapping lead or is it too soft? Should I go oversize? (Backup plan, I guess)
I have one other plan in the works... I got a 1" long 3/8" bolt at the hardware store, which I'll stick a nut on and use like a stud. I'm hoping the battery has threading deeper than the three threads on the OE bolt. Stick that in there until it gently bottoms out, then sock down the nut on the cable end.
Any other creative fixes? This is a very nice looking JC battery. There's no receipt from sears, so even if they were the morons that did the dirty deed I can't get them to fix it. Or do they have the car in their computer? I never shop there...
Anyhow some moron half-stripped the negative terminal. It's hanging in there for now.
I have an english thread tap & die set I've never used. Anyone have success retapping lead or is it too soft? Should I go oversize? (Backup plan, I guess)
I have one other plan in the works... I got a 1" long 3/8" bolt at the hardware store, which I'll stick a nut on and use like a stud. I'm hoping the battery has threading deeper than the three threads on the OE bolt. Stick that in there until it gently bottoms out, then sock down the nut on the cable end.
Any other creative fixes? This is a very nice looking JC battery. There's no receipt from sears, so even if they were the morons that did the dirty deed I can't get them to fix it. Or do they have the car in their computer? I never shop there...