Tip for stuck ground cable?
#1
Tip for stuck ground cable?
The ground on the passenger side motor mount....
It has a bolt that goes into the mount and the cable is held down with a nut.
The problem is that the nut on top holding down the cable is turning the entire bolt that is bolted into the mount. I really can't think of a way to free just the nut.
I'm sure I'm not the first person this has happened to, so does anybody have any tips? This is the nut.
It has a bolt that goes into the mount and the cable is held down with a nut.
The problem is that the nut on top holding down the cable is turning the entire bolt that is bolted into the mount. I really can't think of a way to free just the nut.
I'm sure I'm not the first person this has happened to, so does anybody have any tips? This is the nut.
#2
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Re: Tip for stuck ground cable?
You are probably going to need a thin end wrench to hold the bolt "head" between the terminal and the mount. If yours isn't thin enough, unscrew the whole thing until you can get a wrench in there.
#3
Re: Tip for stuck ground cable?
I may have to cut the cable.
#5
Re: Tip for stuck ground cable?
Maybe....i will have to try again when I get home. It's difficult to get anything in there. Am I making a mistaken trying to approach this from the front of the vehicle? If I could get an impact on there I could probably get it to yank off.
#7
Re: Tip for stuck ground cable?
Yeah I used "faster." It's the same type of thing. The problem is tho that the bolt that is on the mount breaks loose easily. The nut on top is where the seize is. If I could get a wrench onto the bolt I could definitely get it off but it's too tight f a clearance to get anything on it.
#13
Re: Tip for stuck ground cable?
I think the best idea thus far is grinding down an expendable wrench to get onto the main bolt. I think I have a 9/16th that I've already hacked up in the past. Maybe that will fit on there.
#15
Re: Tip for stuck ground cable?
I ended up buying another battery ground cable and running it to the other motor mount. I cleaned it up real nice so the connection should be good.
I figured it wouldn't hurt to leave the other ground connected and just double them up at the battery.
Hopefully this fixes the slow crank when warm issue. I replaced my alternator, added another ground cable, and took my sanding wheel to every last ground connection on the car to where everything is shiny.
If the problem persists, I guess I'll replace the battery.
I figured it wouldn't hurt to leave the other ground connected and just double them up at the battery.
Hopefully this fixes the slow crank when warm issue. I replaced my alternator, added another ground cable, and took my sanding wheel to every last ground connection on the car to where everything is shiny.
If the problem persists, I guess I'll replace the battery.