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rocksteady_racer · 03-14-2010, 03:14 PM

Yea either cut and solder in a new clamp (I'd measure with a string or something because most of the universal clamps don't fit right either) or get a spacer but none of the parts stores around me sell battery terminal spacers any more

I chopped off my battery cables - got a couple 4 gauge straight copper tube lugs (Look like these) - heated them with a blow torch, slowly filled them with rosin core solder and stuck the stripped cable in and dipped them in water real fast to set them. Then I got terminals with wing nuts and tightened all my cables down that way. It makes it alot easier to power aftermarket parts that way also.

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03-14-2010, 03:14 PM	#5
rocksteady_racer Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Phila Age: 39 Posts: 544 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yea either cut and solder in a new clamp (I'd measure with a string or something because most of the universal clamps don't fit right either) or get a spacer but none of the parts stores around me sell battery terminal spacers any more I chopped off my battery cables - got a couple 4 gauge straight copper tube lugs (Look like these) - heated them with a blow torch, slowly filled them with rosin core solder and stuck the stripped cable in and dipped them in water real fast to set them. Then I got terminals with wing nuts and tightened all my cables down that way. It makes it alot easier to power aftermarket parts that way also.