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JayinNY

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Is there any to fix a broken off Barrett terminal post?
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Knock on wood,...I have never had that problem, since posts are soft lead any chance you could drill a hole through the broken off part and into the part still on the battery, tap some threads into the battery part and thread in a bolt???...just a shot in the dark, Im not sure what the inside of a battery looks like directly under the posts.
 
I notice that it is the POS. post. With that broken off now it really is a P-O-S, right?
BUT, I saw a man drill a small hole into a broken post, something like 3/16" to 1/4", and tap it, (just try not to go too deep, and it is kinda a SWAG), he then drilled through the broken-off post and bolted it down. It worked. At this point, ya ain't got much to lose.
 
I have never did this but my x bil drilled a 1/8" pilot hole then put a screw in it,I would not do this but it worked good
 
Yeah, I had never heard it called a Barret post either, but you never know what they will name something nowadays, but the pictures pretty well explained the situation.
 
They make a battery post that has a bolt end on it so if you drilled and taped the broken off post to take that type of set up you might get by for a while.
 
I was thinking the same thing drill a hole and try screwing it back on, or epoxy around the outside of the post? Battery is only a 2 year old newholland 4dlt,
 
A copper 1/4-20 bolt tapped into the remainder would conduct well, provide better corrosion resistance than steel, and would allow the remainder of the post to attach. (or you could do the drill and tap and use a side terminal ring) Jim
 
With my first car I broke off a battery post and an old man in town poured a new lead post. He had a tool to mold the shape. I was telling another fellow and he told me that he had poured them with a paper shot shell for a mold
 
I worked in an Exide battery factory for 10 years and burned thousands of posts on batteries with a hand torch. I could fix that for you in about 3 minutes if it were here. Just get your self a piece of pipe the right size for the post and slightly taller and just set it on there and get a good hot torch and bury the tip down in there to make it all liquid and then pull your pipe off as the post begins to harden.
 
To each his own, but you ain't gonna catch me using a torch around a battery! I've seen what happens when a spark gets to battery fumes!
 
Just an odd thought...how old is the battery? Still covered by warranty? Im guessing it is a little older than that?
 
Before i got brains i fixed quite a few by putting a piece of pipe over the broke stub ,then heated the stub up with the torch and filled the tube up with molten lead. :shock:

Never had one explode,...luck of the stupid i guess.;)
 

I used to repair electric forklift batteries. The first thing you did was to aerate each cell. I used a torch with O2 for several seconds. This displaced any hydrogen. Then a torch could safely be used.

Jim
 
I would take it back and get a new one. Saw one like that on a neighbors JD tractor last week. Had some kind of major electrical problem. I certainly wouldn't try to melt it back on. I was standing next to one when it blew up.
 
NAPA sold repair post at one time that had a screw built in and a hex base for a wrench. It has been awhile but I"d check with auto parts stores.
 
that is why we use the group 31 batteries with the stud on top. Much less corrosion and easy to hook up to with monitors and such.
 
Ya, it's been a problem for awhile, I think NH cheapened out the posts by making them smaller diameter, the post seemed smaller on another NH battery on my other ford tractor. I went to put a new connector on this one and the post broke off. It's a $180 battery so ill see if I can fix it.
 
Clean up the remains with a wire brush, drill and tap a 5/16 stainless stud into the remains, then melt some lead, and use some stainless, or copper pipe as a form, and pour the lead around the stud. when it cools, put a stainless nit and washer on the top, snug it up, a little, then remove the pipe form, with just a little heat. It might also help, to spray the pipe you use, with anti spatter weld spray. I have repaired many, this way.
 
(quoted from post at 18:13:11 03/01/14) To each his own, but you ain't gonna catch me using a torch around a battery! I've seen what happens when a spark gets to battery fumes!
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Amen BUDDY. I've had one battery blow up from a spark and that's enough for this old man.
 
I had one blow up on me also. Do not use a torch on it! Go to auto store and buy a repair post while there buy a terminal puller for the next time.
 
A 2 year old Exide... think I'd just replace it. With an East Penn.
I'm not really fond of having one blow up in my face, so I would not attempt to fix it.

Rod
 
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