Motorcycle Battery Quick tip!

This is one to keep in mind, you can be sure you will encounter this problem one day. I wish motorcycle battery manufacturers were more thoughtful!

Once again Duct Tape is the answer!

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[stevenhill]

I bet those battery designers got an award for that piece of genius!

[caveman]

This is fantastic. I encountered this issue for the first time this week. Couldn't believe such shoddy design was so widespread. Cheers!

[suznet]

good idea, they are a pain in the arse for making them like it in the first

[foxecho]

Excellent! thank you, my generator battery had those posts and one had come loose was driving me nuts to figure out how to get the nut to stay still!

[afinacionymovimiento]

O was so freaking pissed plans frustrated yesterday because I struggled with this yesterday helping a friend replace her battery. I literally had the same problem. I’m going to try this when I see her in a few days.

[MrKevinJGreen]

Thanks mate. Spent 30 mins fiddling about before I turned to YouTube and found your video. Worked a treat. Cheers.

[martybartfast]

You took the words right out of my mouth! I replaced my indicator relay the other week which entailed removing the battery, and was infuriated by the same problem. I jammed globs of 'Blu Tack' under each terminal block which worked fine for me. 👍🏽 🏍

[LordBilious]

I cut a thin strip of the corrugated cardboard box the battery came in, fold it into a 'Z' shape and that holds the nut up. I leave it in place and haven't set myself on fire yet.

[Teesixhundred]

Thanks, most appreciated that you took the time to give a simple fix for this problem.

[MrDJGix]

That's a good little hack. Changed my battery a few weeks ago and it was a bit of a pain trying to line them up.

[daviDJacome]

a huge thumbs up for that one.
in my case the problem is that you have to wiggle the battery around to get it in its place and sometimes that little block falls out and you can have a hard time trying to find it so that tip is a lifesaver for me. thanks spicy

[kevinmobile]

A good tip, thanks. Now if we could only persuade all manufacturers to make batteries and their terminals easily accessible for testing, maintenance, jump starting etc, life would be perfect!

[Alex_Mitchell]

A simple and ingenious fix. Many thanks.

[harlzter]

I use a folded over end of a drinking straw for this and leave the rest attached to withdraw it, it wants to unfold so gives a nice pressure to hold in place, is non conductive and doesn't snag or tear when removing.

[JIGGYMOTO]

I'd like to see a future video about a valve job for a motorcycle, when to do it and why it should be done. I put a lot of kilometres on my bike this past season and i havent done this yet.

[Nerb]

Nice! I tend to just wrestle with the screw drivers for hours!

[GeorgiaGrowGuy]

I thought you were going to pull up on the looped tape to raise the plate. I have stacked the old plate under the new one too. Cheers

[easternmenace]

I rolled up some electrical tape and left it there, previous owners used paper and left it there lol. Your method is better if the battery is easily accessible which mine isn't. Why can't they just make terminals thicker and threaded I don't know

[SlickMotoMike]

I have lost my block 😂 have to take seat off now to start. I then have no speedo, rev counter etc. Which don't necessarily need a rev counter as should be listening and feeling the vibrations etc. However my motorcycle keeps stalling now and lights flickering. Have no heated grips now either so freezing hands.

I have try to find a 4 way battery terminal connector as have lots of tech that I've installed. I have purchased another set of bolts 🔩 plus the nut but....feel like still gonna be a challenge but will try this method as don't want to lose the nut again 😅

[MrSlowestD]

Srsly pro tip. Never ran into that problem, most batteries I see use the side-posts with the 10mm bolts that go from the sides. But the nut in those (which takes the place of the block in this style) is really hard to hold centered, so I can only imagine how hard this one is to hold UP. Definitely a pro tip for sure.