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Hello all, glad I found this forum because I have a little problem that's preventing me from taking out my battery. First time removing a battery from a car, (how hard can it get?), but sure enough I get stumped on the simplest of problems.

There is a little connector band, (not sure what you call it), that has a clip which holds the Positive terminal in place. This clip is connected to the top of one of the J-hooks which hold's the battery down tight.

For the life of me, I can't under-stand how to un-due this! I keep turning the nut counter clock-wise, but that little positive-clamp refuses to come off. I just don't know, this clamp is different from the simple to do ones I've seen in other cars (many cars don't even have this at all).

What simple step am I missing here? I just don't get how I can't figure out such a simple thing. Maybe I got something defective here, not sure.

I hope I explained things well, I still consider myself a relatively new driver, so I know I am not too experienced. For the reccord, it's that tiny plastic clamp-holder thing on one of the J-Hooks that grabs at the positive wire for bracing.

Thanks for any guidance.

 
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well, you can squeeze it and then unscrew it...or you can squeeze the bottom of it and yank it out of there, or you can just use pure muscle and rip the muthfu$%er outta there! That worked for me!

 
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Well I am trying not to use force near something with charge and sulphuric acid, but if you had to do that as well, then it's obviously an engineering problem on Honda's end.

I'm not so sure I follow the squeezing part though. I sure wish companies would stop using cheap plastic parts for everything, especially when they charge thousands of dollars for a product.

 
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i think i remember cutting that piece off and tossing it. you dont really need it for any reason since the battery clamp holds the wire in place anyway. or you can use a ziptie. those clips are pretty much a one time use due to the brittle plastic. if you have to have it on there, just grab a new one from parts dept.

 
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Thanks, so it just wasn't a case of me being (stupid) after all.

To be honest, I probably don't have to take the battery out after all. I want to give it a charging since I hardly drove this winter and let the battery run down. The only problem is I am a little paranoid, and with the cold weather and I don't want to risk charging a dead battery (that could be frozen) and have an explosion. But I'm probably just that, over-paranoid.

I think I'll just re-charge it while it's still in the car engine today, and if by some fluke the battery explodes, then it explodes. I've had enough issues as it is.

 
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I believe that piece is just so you dont set anything down on the batterty and cause sparks if something metal touches both terminals. (Happened to me before it was like the 4th of July under my hood) lol anyway your battery wouldnt explode since the acid doesnt freeze. Unless you were to fill the battery with water, and even then it wouldnt explode, it would just be a dead battery with no charge at all anyway.

 
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Yes, I don't see how sulphuric acid should freeze so easily, but I've got 20 pages of warnings all over the place in my recharger about exploding batteries in winter.

Anyhow, I finally went out this morning and removed that pesky piece of plastic from the one J-Bot.

Now, you would THINK I would be clear to do some recharging of the battery at this point. But no, Honda finds yet another rediculous hurdle to put in my way.

The negative terminal was easy enough to move out of the way (if you play a bit). But the positive connection really is giving me a problem now. Instead of working as 99.99999% of cars do, Honda decides to use some super-duper tuff re-inforced bundle of wires for their positive lead. This is impossible to nudge away from the positive connection so I don't know what to do. Is it dangerous to recharge a battery while the positive lead may still touch the positive connection? I can't see any way to move this damn thing out of the way even still.

WHY IS RECHARGING A CAR BATTERY WITH HONDA SUCH A PROBLEM!?

I have my suspicions this is done on purpose just to get people to pay for the Honda dealerships for every simple problem. I just don't get why things are so wacky and painful for the simplest of jobs. And don't even get me started on trying to check the min-max level of the coolant in the reservoir in this car model. That's almost impossible too.

 
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I'll tell ya what, get an extension cord, plug it in, bring your battery charger outside, and hook the red clamp up to the positive on the battery, the black clamp to the negative on the battery, plug the charger in and put it on 12v slow charge! I wouldnt even take the battery out or even disconnect the damn thing if your havin such a hard time...it's simple...see, now you just broke a lil' $3.99 plastic clip for no reason, damnit! You coulda bought a **** magazine at the local liquor store for that! DAMN!

 
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If you get your oil changed every so often they should check that level for you as well as tire pressure, tranny fluid, and washer fluid! If it aint leakin' dont worry bout it. If you cant smell somethin' sweet by the front of your car when it's at full temp, forget bout it!

 
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Now if you wanna start the car, you have to put that thing called a "KEY" in the ignition, not in the cigarette lighter! J/K!

 
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lol ^^ Yea dude you dont have to take the battery out of the car or the terminals off, Assuming that your charger can reach that far. Use an extenion cord like benner said.