The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: montmil on January 28, 2013, 09:13:48 AM
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The unknown vintage battery in my Triumph Trophy was beginning at act a bit wanky even with the assistance of a battery tender. New battery arrived and the sometimes frustrating chore of attaching the electrical leads to the new battery began.
Those little nuts often provided with the battery can be a pain to catch a thread on the bolt -especially when the battery sits low in a surrounding battery box. You want that nut lifted to meet the bolt but there's often no way to accomplish this. So...
Cut a short length of neoprene tubing, then slit the tube to remove about one-third of the material. See pic Tuck the tubing under the nut and it will hold it up against the battery terminal. This makes it very easy to attach wires and run the bolt into the nut. The neoprene tubing does not interfere with the final terminal attach hardware.
This is not a new trick as it's been around longer than neoprene. If you have problems with your battery terminal attach, give this a try. Just like jokes... they're not old if you've never heard 'em.
Guy walks into a bar with a duck on his shoulder...
(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi196.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa1%2Fmontmil%2FTerminalHelper_zpsd85e8c13.jpg&hash=5293e5fa6998eab35ee3b27d75d1986458bc580f)
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I had a battery once that the terminals had a metal bit like that built in. Set the nut onto the ledge, hold with one finger, use the other hand to thread the bolt.. pretty nice.
Can't remember the make model or vintage of the battery (or the bike it was on.. shesh.)
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I had a battery once that the terminals had a metal bit like that built in. Set the nut onto the ledge, hold with one finger, use the other hand to thread the bolt.. pretty nice.
Can't remember the make model or vintage of the battery (or the bike it was on.. shesh.)
Uh, Matt... Aren't you getting wound up a bit early for SXSW? :D
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Uh, Matt... Aren't you getting wound up a bit early for SXSW?
My wife will be a volunteer photographer for SXSW, about 60 hours, so.. I'll be at home with the kids most nights. That and the whole job thing. Luckily I don't need to attend to get "wound up"!