Chemical Metal, Glue, Solder or Braze?
 

I've managed to shear the -ve terminal off the battery when fitting an Optimate flylead this afternoon.

I don't intend to fork out £70 or whatever it is for a new battery, so I want to try to fix it. Long story short - I can get a good contact by wedging the end of the sheared off bit of the terminal between the battery body and the stub of the terminal. However, I need to secure it somehow.

What's the easiest/best way to do it?

My favourites at the moment are to either use chemical metal or melt some lead over and around the joint.

Any thoughts?

Thanks :)

New Battery the only answer!

You will go round and round trying to fix broken lead to lead, none of it will work and it will let you down when you most need it !!

Sorry to be a doom monger, but have been there done that.........

new battery any repair wont last sorry

It's not lead to lead. The terminal is made of brass or something similar (see pic: http://shop.wemoto.com/pictures/full...Y/10001745.jpg)

It's difficult to describe because I've reshaped the metal of the terminal, but I can get a good tight contact by wedging a flat bit of the terminal between the stub and the body of battery. I then just need to encase the join in something solid so it can't vibrate loose.

just payed £45 for the same battery moto rapio good luck with the repair

Thanks. That's not bad. If I can get one for round about that sort of money, I may just repair my battery as a temporary measure until the new one arrives.

any repair will almost certainly be temporary so get the new one ordered.