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Battery bolts
Well, I lost one of the battery bolts over the winter. Does it make any
difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
different than the original material? Perhaps a stupid question but I
always that questions not asked are even more so.
Thanks.
Well, I lost one of the battery bolts over the winter. Does it make any
difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
different than the original material? Perhaps a stupid question but I
always that questions not asked are even more so.
Thanks.
Re: Battery bolts
On 3/28/2008 10:23 AM EDT, GoHabsGo wrote:
> Well, I lost one of the battery bolts over the winter. Does it make any
> difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
> different than the original material? Perhaps a stupid question but I
> always that questions not asked are even more so.
>
> Thanks.
I don't know if it'll make any difference but you can easily get a
replacement though. Drop by a local motorcycle dealer's service area,
and you'll probably see a bunch of dead batteries. You can probably get
one for free if you frequent that shop or ask nicely. These dead
batteries are trash and going to recycling centers anyway.
On 3/28/2008 10:23 AM EDT, GoHabsGo wrote:
> Well, I lost one of the battery bolts over the winter. Does it make any
> difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
> different than the original material? Perhaps a stupid question but I
> always that questions not asked are even more so.
>
> Thanks.
I don't know if it'll make any difference but you can easily get a
replacement though. Drop by a local motorcycle dealer's service area,
and you'll probably see a bunch of dead batteries. You can probably get
one for free if you frequent that shop or ask nicely. These dead
batteries are trash and going to recycling centers anyway.
Re: Battery bolts
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:21:32 GMT, NA <NA@na.org> wrote:
|>On 3/28/2008 10:23 AM EDT, GoHabsGo wrote:
|>> Well, I lost one of the battery bolts over the winter. Does it make any
|>> difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
|>> different than the original material? Perhaps a stupid question but I
|>> always that questions not asked are even more so.
|>>
|>> Thanks.
|>
|>I don't know if it'll make any difference but you can easily get a
|>replacement though. Drop by a local motorcycle dealer's service area,
|>and you'll probably see a bunch of dead batteries. You can probably get
|>one for free if you frequent that shop or ask nicely. These dead
|>batteries are trash and going to recycling centers anyway.
Yeah, then we buy then back at almost full price, and get to pay the
enviro twice that way.....
I use MF/SLA/AGM types, preferably AGM since it's an 8amp only
battery and it's gotta have a real 115 CCA all the time....
Discover/aftermarket Batteries are good, they recycle them fast for
1/3 the price of new...they look cheap, something like a Yuasa style with
the simple rubber vrla cell strip, but it's what's inside that
counts......batteries aren't expected to last as long as your bike or motor,
they are just batteries....
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:21:32 GMT, NA <NA@na.org> wrote:
|>On 3/28/2008 10:23 AM EDT, GoHabsGo wrote:
|>> Well, I lost one of the battery bolts over the winter. Does it make any
|>> difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
|>> different than the original material? Perhaps a stupid question but I
|>> always that questions not asked are even more so.
|>>
|>> Thanks.
|>
|>I don't know if it'll make any difference but you can easily get a
|>replacement though. Drop by a local motorcycle dealer's service area,
|>and you'll probably see a bunch of dead batteries. You can probably get
|>one for free if you frequent that shop or ask nicely. These dead
|>batteries are trash and going to recycling centers anyway.
Yeah, then we buy then back at almost full price, and get to pay the
enviro twice that way.....
I use MF/SLA/AGM types, preferably AGM since it's an 8amp only
battery and it's gotta have a real 115 CCA all the time....
Discover/aftermarket Batteries are good, they recycle them fast for
1/3 the price of new...they look cheap, something like a Yuasa style with
the simple rubber vrla cell strip, but it's what's inside that
counts......batteries aren't expected to last as long as your bike or motor,
they are just batteries....
Re: Battery bolts
On Mar 28, 6:23 am, GoHabsGo <gohabsgoNOS...@hotPOP,com > wrote:
> Well, I lost one of the battery bolts over the winter. Does it make any
> difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
> different than the original material? Perhaps a stupid question but I
> always that questions not asked are even more so.
Probably not. Never had a problem with this.
You should check the terminals occasionally
anyway so it's easy to swap if you see any
corrosive problems.
On Mar 28, 6:23 am, GoHabsGo <gohabsgoNOS...@hotPOP,com > wrote:
> Well, I lost one of the battery bolts over the winter. Does it make any
> difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
> different than the original material? Perhaps a stupid question but I
> always that questions not asked are even more so.
Probably not. Never had a problem with this.
You should check the terminals occasionally
anyway so it's easy to swap if you see any
corrosive problems.
Re: Battery bolts
On Mar 28, 7:23 am, GoHabsGo <gohabsgoNOS...@hotPOP,com > wrote:
> Does it make any difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
> different than the original material?
No, it doesn't matter what the material the bolt is made of, but, if
you could find a 1/4-20
BRASS bolt and square BRASS nut in the specialty boxes at your local
hardware store, that would be the optimum
solution.
If you don't want to look for brass hardware, an ordinary 1/4-20 steel
bot and hex nut will work just fine.
I find it sad that motorcyclists are so mechanically ignorant that
they have to take their motorcycle to a $tealer$hip and be ripped off
by the part$ department when they have the simplest problems, like
lost hardware.
One rider wrote that he'd lost a bolt, and the prick in the part$
department told him he had to buy a whole new battery...
On Mar 28, 7:23 am, GoHabsGo <gohabsgoNOS...@hotPOP,com > wrote:
> Does it make any difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does it matter if it is
> different than the original material?
No, it doesn't matter what the material the bolt is made of, but, if
you could find a 1/4-20
BRASS bolt and square BRASS nut in the specialty boxes at your local
hardware store, that would be the optimum
solution.
If you don't want to look for brass hardware, an ordinary 1/4-20 steel
bot and hex nut will work just fine.
I find it sad that motorcyclists are so mechanically ignorant that
they have to take their motorcycle to a $tealer$hip and be ripped off
by the part$ department when they have the simplest problems, like
lost hardware.
One rider wrote that he'd lost a bolt, and the prick in the part$
department told him he had to buy a whole new battery...
Re: Battery bolts
"." <RhiannonX@gmail,com > wrote in news:b03d791e-ee57-4c34-b073-
08cfd11bf3b7@e6g2000prf.googlegroups,com :
> On Mar 28, 7:23 am, GoHabsGo <gohabsgoNOS...@hotPOP,com > wrote:
>> Does it make any difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does
> it matter if it is
>> different than the original material?
>
> No, it doesn't matter what the material the bolt is made of, but, if
> you could find a 1/4-20
> BRASS bolt and square BRASS nut in the specialty boxes at your local
> hardware store, that would be the optimum
> solution.
>
> If you don't want to look for brass hardware, an ordinary 1/4-20 steel
> bot and hex nut will work just fine.
>
> I find it sad that motorcyclists are so mechanically ignorant that
> they have to take their motorcycle to a $tealer$hip and be ripped off
> by the part$ department when they have the simplest problems, like
> lost hardware.
>
> One rider wrote that he'd lost a bolt, and the prick in the part$
> department told him he had to buy a whole new battery...
>
Thanks for the feedback. I ended up buying a few ordinary steel bolts.
Nuts were not needed in my case as they thread right to the battery.
I don't think this is necessarily a mechanical question but more of a
chemistry related question. I just wanted to make sure that the bolts I
use wouldn't have a reaction, particularly if each bolt was a different
metal alloy.
"." <RhiannonX@gmail,com > wrote in news:b03d791e-ee57-4c34-b073-
08cfd11bf3b7@e6g2000prf.googlegroups,com :
> On Mar 28, 7:23 am, GoHabsGo <gohabsgoNOS...@hotPOP,com > wrote:
>> Does it make any difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does
> it matter if it is
>> different than the original material?
>
> No, it doesn't matter what the material the bolt is made of, but, if
> you could find a 1/4-20
> BRASS bolt and square BRASS nut in the specialty boxes at your local
> hardware store, that would be the optimum
> solution.
>
> If you don't want to look for brass hardware, an ordinary 1/4-20 steel
> bot and hex nut will work just fine.
>
> I find it sad that motorcyclists are so mechanically ignorant that
> they have to take their motorcycle to a $tealer$hip and be ripped off
> by the part$ department when they have the simplest problems, like
> lost hardware.
>
> One rider wrote that he'd lost a bolt, and the prick in the part$
> department told him he had to buy a whole new battery...
>
Thanks for the feedback. I ended up buying a few ordinary steel bolts.
Nuts were not needed in my case as they thread right to the battery.
I don't think this is necessarily a mechanical question but more of a
chemistry related question. I just wanted to make sure that the bolts I
use wouldn't have a reaction, particularly if each bolt was a different
metal alloy.
Re: Battery bolts
"GoHabsGo" <gohabsgoNOSPAM@hotPOP,com > wrote in message
news:Xns9A6F9732FC336gohabsgohotpopdotcom@85.214.90.236...
> "." <RhiannonX@gmail,com > wrote in news:b03d791e-ee57-4c34-b073-
> 08cfd11bf3b7@e6g2000prf.googlegroups,com :
>
>> On Mar 28, 7:23 am, GoHabsGo <gohabsgoNOS...@hotPOP,com > wrote:
>>> Does it make any difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does
>> it matter if it is
>>> different than the original material?
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for the feedback. I ended up buying a few ordinary steel bolts.
> Nuts were not needed in my case as they thread right to the battery.
> I don't think this is necessarily a mechanical question but more of a
> chemistry related question. I just wanted to make sure that the bolts I
> use wouldn't have a reaction, particularly if each bolt was a different
> metal alloy.
You were right to be concerned and steel bolts are not a good permanant
solution, for the reason you suggest.
A bolt for an old battery, as per other response, is your best bet.
--
Dave
ex Motorcycle Maintenance Workshop
http :// tinyurl,com /4mhaw
"GoHabsGo" <gohabsgoNOSPAM@hotPOP,com > wrote in message
news:Xns9A6F9732FC336gohabsgohotpopdotcom@85.214.90.236...
> "." <RhiannonX@gmail,com > wrote in news:b03d791e-ee57-4c34-b073-
> 08cfd11bf3b7@e6g2000prf.googlegroups,com :
>
>> On Mar 28, 7:23 am, GoHabsGo <gohabsgoNOS...@hotPOP,com > wrote:
>>> Does it make any difference what type of bolt I use to replace it? Does
>> it matter if it is
>>> different than the original material?
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for the feedback. I ended up buying a few ordinary steel bolts.
> Nuts were not needed in my case as they thread right to the battery.
> I don't think this is necessarily a mechanical question but more of a
> chemistry related question. I just wanted to make sure that the bolts I
> use wouldn't have a reaction, particularly if each bolt was a different
> metal alloy.
You were right to be concerned and steel bolts are not a good permanant
solution, for the reason you suggest.
A bolt for an old battery, as per other response, is your best bet.
--
Dave
ex Motorcycle Maintenance Workshop
http :// tinyurl,com /4mhaw
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