Faulty battery terminal fix ideas

[Screwdriver]

I would go for one of those big self tapping roofing hex bolts. Trim it to size so it doesn't reach the gel or plates, hope the fixing is a simple plate probably swaged onto the terminal. Either the screw will force the terminal to expand slightly to tighten up the join or it might grip onto the connecting plate depending on what exactly that is (or it might just not work either way).

Heating it up and "pouring" solder into it sounds a bit fraught if you ask me. It will freeze instantly or melt the plastic unless you really know what you're doing. I am interested in that idea but unless you've tried it before, best left to someone who has.

 

[123hotchef]

I would go for one of those big self tapping roofing hex bolts. Trim it to size so it doesn't reach the gel or plates, hope the fixing is a simple plate probably swaged onto the terminal. Either the screw will force the terminal to expand slightly to tighten up the join or it might grip onto the connecting plate depending on what exactly that is (or it might just not work either way).

Heating it up and "pouring" solder into it sounds a bit fraught if you ask me. It will freeze instantly or melt the plastic unless you really know what you're doing. I am interested in that idea but unless you've tried it before, best left to someone who has.

i was ready to cut the terminal out with a hole cutter

 

[Screwdriver]

i was ready to cut the terminal out with a hole cutter

Zoiks. That seems a bit hardcore, especially if we don't know exactly what the connecting piece looks like. Do we??

 

[123hotchef]

Zoiks. That seems a bit hardcore, especially if we don't know exactly what the connecting piece looks like. Do we??

ha ha no we do not!

 

[123hotchef]

but he who dares wins

 

[mcostello]

He Who survives gets to write the History.

 

[pedrobedro]

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.