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Old Jun 13, 2020 | 07:13 AM
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Just got this Odyssey Battery 65-PC1750T (on right) to replace my 6 yr old Duralast (on left), yesterday.

To replace the battery terminal posts, do I simply unscrew them with a pair of pliers? I'd like to replace them for some that I can more easily attach wires to for auxiliary lights.
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Old Jun 13, 2020 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by ASFC27FTFBQ
Just got this Odyssey Battery 65-PC1750T (on right) to replace my 6 yr old Duralast (on left), yesterday.

To replace the battery terminal posts, do I simply unscrew them with a pair of pliers? I'd like to replace them for some that I can more easily attach wires to for auxiliary lights.
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yes....they just unscrew
 
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Old Jun 13, 2020 | 08:16 AM
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yes....they just unscrew
Appreciate the quick response. That info helps.
 
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yes....they just unscrew
Is there a trick to this? I have been working with Vise Grips and hammer and they are not budging. Have them coated with PB Blaster penetrating oil. I was thinking of flattening out the posts by filing them down on opposite sides so the pliers have something anchor on to.
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Old Jun 13, 2020 | 09:50 AM
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I just looked on their website, does not look like the battery version you have has removable terminals, or else it would have noted torque specs.

https://www.odysseybattery.com/Specs/ExtremeSeries
 
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Ok. Now I've got chewed up posts. Next: Sand paper and some spacers of some kind.
 
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Originally Posted by ASFC27FTFBQ
Ok. Now I've got chewed up posts. Next: Sand paper and some spacers of some kind.

sorry that yours turned out to be not unscrewable.....didn’t mean to give bad advice


you can just buy shims to put over the posts

https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...920%7CL2*15001
 
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Thanks for the apology. Thanks for the lead on shims. And thanks for just trying to help out a fellow Ex owner.
 
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Originally Posted by ASFC27FTFBQ
Thanks for the apology. Thanks for the lead on shims. And thanks for just trying to help out a fellow Ex owner.
i do have batteries that the posts are removable and know that you can buy the replacement posts at any auto store; I’ve never tried it on my other batteries though and just assumed they were all the same.

live and learn.....
 
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