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Best way to go about fixing a battery cable clamp

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    Best way to go about fixing a battery cable clamp

    My positive battery cable clamp is cracked at the point where it connects to the battery post. The crack is large and keeps the clamp from fully tightening. I need to replace it soon. Is this the kind of thing a shop will do for $20? I have limited knowledge, but am assuming it will be a simple cut and re-solder a new clamp. Is that accurate?

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    Originally posted by NinjaPwrdAccord
    My positive battery cable clamp is cracked at the point where it connects to the battery post. The crack is large and keeps the clamp from fully tightening. I need to replace it soon. Is this the kind of thing a shop will do for $20? I have limited knowledge, but am assuming it will be a simple cut and re-solder a new clamp. Is that accurate?

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    Go to any autostore and ask them for battery clamps. There you should find universal clamps. You cut off your old clamp and take your factory wire, Put it in the new clamp and tighten it down.

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      yeah and they look so much better than the stock ones.
      are we there yet are we there yet are we there yet

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        Awesome, thanks guys.

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          can you drive the car right now??
          if you are worried about the clamp falling off do the small screw trick..
          what you do is find a small screw jam it between the post and the clamping part and tighten it down. it should hold the clamp snug untill you are ready to fix it..
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            for less than 20 bucks you could get a brass clamp and cut your battery wires and hook it up to the clamp.
            miss my turbo cb7
            moved onto volvos. dont know how that happened, just did

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              Originally posted by tommi
              can you drive the car right now??
              if you are worried about the clamp falling off do the small screw trick..
              what you do is find a small screw jam it between the post and the clamping part and tighten it down. it should hold the clamp snug untill you are ready to fix it..
              Thats what we did to my friends civic one time lol classic and it works!

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                Originally posted by tommi
                can you drive the car right now??
                if you are worried about the clamp falling off do the small screw trick..
                what you do is find a small screw jam it between the post and the clamping part and tighten it down. it should hold the clamp snug untill you are ready to fix it..
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                  #9
                  Thats crazy. I cant believe a dealer would charge that much....Oh wait yeah i can. I bought both neg and pos from autozone. get the ones that replace the entire wire, not just the connectors(they break too) + looks a ton better.

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