Negative battery cable?

[bcart1991]

Replacing my hood struts, and noticed my negative battery cable is really frayed at the terminal. As in "how the F did this happen?" frayed.

Is a replacement really $600? Any other replacement options? Generics are $20, there should be some way to make them work...

No operational problems (yet), just want to get it handled before they start. Pic soon.



EDIT - It's fraying right at the terminal. Work computers don't like forum software, apparently. I'll snap a pic when I can.

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

Replacing my hood struts, and noticed my negative battery cable is really frayed at the terminal. As in "how the F did this happen?" frayed.

Is a replacement really $600? Any other replacement options? Generics are $20, there should be some way to make them work...

No operational problems (yet), just want to get it handled before they start. Pic soon.

Just cut the end off and replace the terminal.
You can purchase a new ring terminal and a tool to crimp it for under $25 and have a great tool for life.

 

[ArBrnSnpr]

Just replacing a terminal will get you by, but I'd be leery about the condition of the rest of the cable.

If it's frayed at the visible areas, there's likely corrosion under the sheathing.

There's a guy who floats around the Jeep world who makes custom battery cable sets out of 0 gauge welding cable (more strands, better conductivity and more flexible). His sets were very reasonably priced.

Another option is to buy welding cable, military style terminals and fab your own cables. I did it in my old Jeep and it was a two day job to remove old, fab new and install.


EDIT:

Battery Cables

Email them. The owner is easy to deal with and can do pretty much any set up.

 

[JLee]

Is the whole thing frayed or just the short cable that runs to the fender?

 

[GXO]

I just had a treat of having offgrid redo mine while I stopped in to say hi in Denver on my way to Moab last month.

 

[bcart1991]

Is the whole thing frayed or just the short cable that runs to the fender?

It's right near the terminal. Pic soon.

 

[NMBruce]

When I replaced my alternator last year, I ran a 0 gauge positive to the alternator and a 1/2
neg to the engine block and one to the frame and mine was in good shape