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William,<div>Luckily, the battery was new and under warranty and the mfgr, Surrette, was very helpful and immediately offered a replacement.</div><div>Had this been out-of-warranty, then yeah, cutting the bolt/lug off would've been my best (only?) option. Still wondering about welding it in place?</div><div><br></div><div>A battery shop i deal with in town suggested that they could cut the damaged post off then tap a new hole beside it and insert a new (headless) bolt/post.</div><div><br></div><div>Lesson learned.... (as you said) use anti-seize on <u>every</u> bolt that cannot be slid out or otherwise easily removed! It's just like insurance, sometimes seems unnecessary and rarely useful, but when sh*t happens, you'll be glad you used it!</div><div> </div><div>benn<br><br><span class="ecxecxecxecxEC_Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 32, 96)"><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. </font></span><div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">benn@daystarsolar.ca</font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">780-906-7807 </font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">HAVE A SUNNY DAY
</font></div><div><br></div></div><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:08:40 -0700<br>To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br>From: william@millersolar.com<br>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Post Galling<br><br>
<font size="3">Benn:<br><br>
You must break the bolt or cut it.<br><br>
I belive Unirac has a white paper on galling.<br><br>
We use anti-seize on any bolt we can not slide out sideways easily.
This includes any battery bolt and any non-toggle racking bolt other than
end bolts.<br><br>
William<br><br>
<br>
At 11:32 PM 6/6/2011, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="cite">So this was a first for me
today...<br><br>
I've had racking bolts gall before, but today while bolting a battery
interconnect cable on a battery post, the nut galled about 3/4 of the way
down the post. (Threaded 'bolt' posts, not single or double hole
flag posts) <br>
I've gotten pretty good about using anti-seize on all stainless racking
bolts but never considered using it on battery post bolts
before.<br><br>
I spun the nut on about half way by hand then got a couple cranks with
the wrench when the nut suddenly tightened up. Thinking that the
thread might have been damaged, i instinctively began to back it off but
got less than an eighth of a turn out of it and it was completely
seized!<br><br>
Two things...<br><br>
1) while i go re-read all my info on galling, is it common practice
amongst you battery savvy wrenches to always use anti-seize on battery
posts? I'm thinking that it is for me, now! (only on the
threads, not between the lug and the post) <br><br>
2) now that i have a nut seized 3/4 of the way down the post, and the lug
is still quite loose, what would be the best course of action?<br><br>
I did email the mfgr and am waiting for their reply, but in the meantime,
solutions i'm considering... using a hacksaw to cut the nut off and
hopefully be able to re-cut the threads, weld the lug onto the post (Bob
E., i believe you mentioned welding 'interconnects', would this be a
solution here?)... thats all i've got.<br><br>
hmmmmmm...<br>
benn<br><br>
DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. <br>
benn@daystarsolar.ca<br>
780-906-7807 <br>
HAVE A SUNNY DAY <br><br>
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