SIDE POST BATTERY?????

take the bolt outa the terminal, go to Ace Hardware and get an 'internal star washer' to fit

I think the bolt is 10 mm, so a 3/8 should fit

washer goes over bolt, then bolt into terminal

. . =3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (Ron=A0Wade) cry'd out in frustration:

Placed new side post battery in 2001 cavalier, terminal bolts keep working themselves loose.

Question is

would lock-tight make difference OR interfere with contact?

Ron =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

interfere with contact.

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Placed new side post battery in 2001 cavalier, terminal bolts keep working themselves loose. Question is would lock-tight

(A) make difference OR (B) interfere with contact? Ron

/////////////////////////////////// Ron, why don't you come right on out and ask if there's a fix for the threads you stripped out in the battery? We won't laugh. much. And you're likely to get a good suggestion.

The answer to your question is..... locktite would make a difference and would interfere with contact.

scrib

~in an emergency,boogers make an exellent adhesive when allowed to dry thoroughly~

Do the cables have contact ridges/teeth where they meet the battery posts? If not, I'd put new cables on.

Ron, the main contact is made from 2 round, flat surfaces touching and the bolts being loc-tited should not make any difference. Removal will be difficult, though. TranSurgeon's idea sounds very good and easy.