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07-12-2009, 01:54 PM
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#1 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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| Help with removing Battery from 98 cavalier.
I am replacing the battery in my moms 98 cavalier because it got so corroded that the piece on the battery where u screw the ground in has detatched itself from the battery and there isn;t a good enough connection. So went to pick-a-part and got a new battery. The hold down bolt is also a little bit corroded and will not budge. Ive clamped a vice grip onto the bottom bolt, then used a ratchet to try to loosen the top but all im doing is stripping the bolt. I have also tried clamping the top while turning on the bottom. I got sum wd-40 and sprayed that fucker down like no tmr. I also used baking soda and water to get rid of some of the corrosion. Bolt just wont budge.....Can ne1 give me sum advice on what to do? I need to fix this today.....
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07-12-2009, 02:02 PM
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#2 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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if it's not budging you might have to just cut it off (hacksaw) then get a new holddown bolt.
if you are striping a bolt with a rachet then you are using the wrong size, or a 12pt instead of a 6 pt.
with the right size 6pt the bolt would break before the head striped. if the vice grip end is striping then use 2 rachets or 1 rachet 1 box wench.
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07-12-2009, 04:53 PM
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Heat up the bolt head, then try removing it. If that doesn't work, then you'll have to drill a hole into the center and use an easy-out to remove it.
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07-12-2009, 06:25 PM
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#4 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Thanks for the ideas.. I ended up grinding the sucker and out it came lol
we are going again..yeah!
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07-12-2009, 11:53 PM
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#5 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by installerz  Heat up the bolt head, then try removing it. If that doesn't work, then you'll have to drill a hole into the center and use an easy-out to remove it. | I don't think you'd want to be tourching metal bolts with a plastic battery 3 mm under it
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