Bent battery post

familiadude, Feb 3, 8:20pm
lifted the bonnet of the girlfriends car today 98 toyota starlet and the negative battery post is actually bent is this a major issue!what causes it!battery is only about a month old. TIA

jezz43, Feb 3, 8:20pm
is there a dent in the bonnet!

familiadude, Feb 3, 8:28pm
no dents at all

jezz43, Feb 3, 8:29pm
did the person who fitted it hit the terminals with a hammer instead of undoing the bolts properly!

familiadude, Feb 3, 8:32pm
now that you mention it they used a rubber mallet from memory

jezz43, Feb 3, 8:33pm
who is "they"!

mugenb20b, Feb 3, 8:33pm
Just leave the battery post like it is, don't try and bend it back. But, I'd be going back and asking for a replacement battery.

familiadude, Feb 3, 8:35pm
was a mate of a mate that fitted it so naff all chance of that. shouldnt affect it though!

jenny188, Feb 3, 9:05pm
If all orange and red lights go out drive it 4 another 4 years. Just check that the battery post bolts are tight.

thewomble1, Feb 3, 11:25pm
Leave it alone if it is working.

familiadude, Feb 4, 8:47am
alright works fine. so just the usual case of dont fix what aint broken then thanks guys

gammelvind, Feb 4, 8:51am
Some mates of mates really are dipsticks! In 30 years of fiddling with cars I can't remember having to hit the clamp that hard that it bent the terminal.

thejazzpianoma, Dec 6, 9:58pm
Never ever hit a clamp. if only Sue Bradford pursued more useful laws you might have been O.K.

(Seriously though, you should never hit one no matter how light)