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...
