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Old 05-02-2005, 03:37 PM   #1
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Side terminal battery repair?
Long story short, a friend put my cables on, and stripped the negative terminal. Now, I would normally just pick up a new battery, but this one is only like 6 months old! It's a Duralast Gold, 1000amp battery, so I don't want to spend $75 on a new one.

It's a 3/8-16 thread, right? Any chance of a helicoil working?
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Old 05-02-2005, 03:45 PM   #2
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see if they will warrantie it

say it did it the first time you tried hooking it up, its worth a try
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No can do, already tried. Sucks, too - I FREAKING WORK THERE.
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well never mind then
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Have you tried a new bolt for the battery yet?
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Helicoils work fine, I used em on a battery I got for free cause it was stripped. The guy was gonna throw it out.
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Just get a box of led sinkers for fishing....melt them into the hole...drill and tap. BOOM just like new.
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