i just bought my yellowtop battery, and for somereason the terminal on the positive side wants to keep sliding off the post. my buddy tightened it down but it kept sliding back up. its like the post is too thin or something. did anyone else have probs like this and what did u do. i just dont wanna be driving and have the thing slide off.

thanks

 

I just installed my yellow top about 2 weeks ago and I didn't have any problems at all.

 

im gonna run to the dealer and have them see what they can do, but ive never had a problem like this before.

 

just go buy a new brass battery terminal

 

well nothing is wrong with the one i have. i just wanna find out how to keep it on there tight so i dont have to worry about it falling off.

 

there is something wrong if it wont stay on....


the new terminals are like 8 bucks, and they work.

 

the yellowtop seems shorter then the oem one. i wonder if i should stick something underneath the battery so its taller. what do u think.

 

I had the same exact problem when I put in a new Optima & new terminals last month. The post seamed a little greasy on mine? I scratched up the post & the inside of the terminal a little, & tightened it till I thought I'd break the allen wrench. Its holding on fine now.

 

im thinking of cutting come wood as wide as the bottom of the battery, but not bigger then the battery cover itself to raise up the battery so the posts are higher to the terminals. think thats a good idea?

 

yea, optima makes a little plastic thing to make it sit up higher too.. but anything will work

 

bend a penny, and then use the penny to fill the lose space need to see pix ? let me know!

 

Sometimes it can be that the clamp is upside down or that the clamp bolt is not sitting correctly and does not apply sufficient pressure on the post to stay put.

 

Acura metric, battery terminal not metric. It's that simple. My

 

it could be a worn down bolt, whatever the case, why would u go through the hassel of cutting a piece of wood?!
just change the damn terminal! its only a couple of bucks.

and they grease the terminals to prevent acid from building up on the terminal itself. I'm sure you've seen some batteries, that look like they're moldy on the terminals, all this white flaky stuff, thats the acid reacting. Thats why if you grease it, it won't happen. And if you do have that acid build up, use hot water and pour it on the terminal, cleans it away nice and quick and then grease after.

 

well to buy a terminal from the dealer, they require you to buy the whoe power assembly. so im not going that route. im getting my car dynamatted tomorrow so i will have one of the guys change the terminal and relocate my power wire for my system to the car.

 

you can buy one at a stereo shop for like 8 bucks.

 

What waas the problem after all

 

its ghetto rigged for right now. we just added another washer and nut to the terminal to hold the power wire in place so it wont move.

 

you got a yellow-top....go and buy some of those nice thick gold plated terminals

 

I had this problem.

It's because the Yellowtop is shorter than the OEM battery. Therefore, the terminal posts have a hard time clearing the battery case.

I cut out a little slot for the wires in the battery case, and the problem was solved. Very simple.