 Battery sliding?, Any ideas to prevent that |
 Feb 13, 2005 - 3:07 AM
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I have an Optima Red Top Battery. I've had it for like 6 months and have never had a problem with it...
But a couple days ago, my car wouldn't start, and I popped the hood and the battery was literally hanging off the platform is rests on! So, I slid it back on top and reconnected the wires and started the car. But then everday, the same thing would happen! Tonight I disconnected the battery and removed the plastic 'tray' that the battery sits on and torqued the tiedown as hard as I could. It slides a little, but not near as much as it did. And for temporary purposes, I took a shoelace and tied it around the battery to the radiator support beam until I have time to really try to figure out whats causing it to slide so bad. Any ideas to help prevent this? --------------------  |
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Feb 13, 2005 - 12:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 27, '04 From Illinois Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
What do you mean by universal clamps? Are you talking about universal tie-downs? If so, I bought one and it seemed to help, but not quite enough.
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Yota Battery sliding? Feb 13, 2005 - 3:07 AM
Mynzeyes i stuck my redtop behind the rear seats... Feb 13, 2005 - 3:39 AM slipgun is there no way to get a clamp that will fit? I kn... Feb 13, 2005 - 10:29 AM vangSTa_celica Duct tape
Actually, did you make sure your batte... Feb 13, 2005 - 12:06 PM slipgun I mean like this one.
See the red clamp? Feb 13, 2005 - 10:52 PM dstrbcelica i see the red clamp.
-dstrb Feb 13, 2005 - 10:56 PM slipgun Pretty hard to miss I guess Feb 13, 2005 - 10:58 PM
dstrbcelica yes. it's VERY hard to miss. w00t
-dstrb Feb 13, 2005 - 11:01 PM |
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