On Feb 8, 2:26*pm, "Twayne" wrote:
Hi,

A "friend" managed to strip the bolt-hole for the positive cable connection.
Now it'll no longer tighten sufficiently to allow a firm/reliable
connection.

Is there any reasonable and permanent way to fix/correct this?

* *I"ve tried putting some galv. steel wire into the thread area but it
either does no good or makes it too hard to seat the bolt far enough to
create surface to surface pressure of the cable to the battery.
* *Using solder instead I seem to have created a sufficiently tight
connection to maintain the connection; for now, anyway. Since solder has no
"memory" it's *sooner or later going to let the connection loosen again;
probably sooner in our changeable weather.

Anyone have a better fix? The battery is almost new or I'd just buy another
one but it costs an arm and a leg.

HTH,

Twayne

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Blind tap of a slightly larger size. Because it's probably soft metal
you can "make" a tap using a file and a bolt. Just file a couple
cutting grooves lengthwise in a bolt. I use the corner of a file and
angle it so the cutting edge is close to 90deg.