Looking for a negative battery cable - Honda Shadow Forums : Shadow Motorcycle Forum

the_gambler · 12-02-2012, 07:59 PM

So I was trying to get the battery out with no luck. The nut inside the terminal was turning and couldn't get anything in there to hold it. It may sound extreme, but I felt like the only option was to cut the battery cable. Now I'm trying to find one. It connects to the battery itself, a ground, and then something else I'm not really sure of. Does anyone know where I could find another one.

BTW it's a 2002 Honda Shadow VLX600.

tcb1100 · 12-02-2012, 08:48 PM

I've never needed to replace a neg. cable, but I'm willing to bet you can find the components at home depot or an auto parts place and build one. It just a coated copper wire with an eyelet crimped on to each end. If nothing else, it should work as a temporary until you can order one from any of the online m/c stores. Take your old one in the store for comparison. The cable should be at least as large in OD as the original.

**old dad** · 12-03-2012, 06:51 AM

you should have been able to reach that nut from the left side cover,,sometimes a finger holding the nut will do while you loosen or tighten.

12-02-2012, 07:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
the_gambler Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 10	Looking for a negative battery cable So I was trying to get the battery out with no luck. The nut inside the terminal was turning and couldn't get anything in there to hold it. It may sound extreme, but I felt like the only option was to cut the battery cable. Now I'm trying to find one. It connects to the battery itself, a ground, and then something else I'm not really sure of. Does anyone know where I could find another one. BTW it's a 2002 Honda Shadow VLX600.

12-02-2012, 08:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
tcb1100 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,388	I've never needed to replace a neg. cable, but I'm willing to bet you can find the components at home depot or an auto parts place and build one. It just a coated copper wire with an eyelet crimped on to each end. If nothing else, it should work as a temporary until you can order one from any of the online m/c stores. Take your old one in the store for comparison. The cable should be at least as large in OD as the original. __________________ Last edited by tcb1100; 12-02-2012 at 08:51 PM.

12-03-2012, 06:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
old dad Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: sc Posts: 7,146	you should have been able to reach that nut from the left side cover,,sometimes a finger holding the nut will do while you loosen or tighten. __________________ 2006 vlx

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