Can you remove the battery without pulling the strut brace?

[skilletrx]

haha installing my battery tomorrow thanks for this thread.

 

[drgnzadiel101]

You could've removed the strut brace in the time it took you to ask this question.

ok so lets say im stuck on the highway with a dead battery (crap happens). i forgot to put my tool kit in the car but do have a 10mm wrench. i only have enough money to buy another battery from wherever i walk to. how would i take off the strut bar?

 

[StealthWyvern]

ok so lets say im stuck on the highway with a dead battery (crap happens). i forgot to put my tool kit in the car but do have a 10mm wrench. i only have enough money to buy another battery from wherever i walk to. how would i take off the strut bar?

looks like your walking to autozone my friend and using the loan a tool program, calling someone, purchase the tools needed and return them once done.

 

[bucksatan]

^Step 1: take off the 4 nuts holding it down.
Step 2: Lift off the strut brace
There is no step 3. Well, I guess taking out the battery is step 3 through 5 (if you count the hold down and each terminal as a step).

 

[slavrenz]

ok so lets say im stuck on the highway with a dead battery (crap happens). i forgot to put my tool kit in the car but do have a 10mm wrench. i only have enough money to buy another battery from wherever i walk to. how would i take off the strut bar?

The correct answer is to have a revelation that you were smart enough to keep a spare socket set in your trunk with your emergency roadside assistance kit that you're also supposed to have

 

[drgnzadiel101]

The correct answer is to have a revelation that you were smart enough to keep a spare socket set in your trunk with your emergency roadside assistance kit that you're also supposed to have

i like how no one could answer it except for "you are screwed" lol.

there is no way that i know, if stock, to remove the battery without taking off the brace. its a pretty dumb location to put a battery. for normal people who dont know squat about cars or mechanics....they wont carry a socket kit or anything. whats that called...not user friendly?

 

[lmcpaga]

for normal people who dont know squat about cars or mechanics....they wont carry a socket kit or anything. whats that called...not user friendly?

That would be me (the don't know squat part). I registered for this forum just so I could look up this thread. Bought the battery, un-hooked the old one, then stood there looking at it for 10 minutes at a complete loss for how to get it out. And since I know squat, I wasn't sure if removing the bar would have some other unforseen consequence.

Short story - thanks for the info everyone!

 

[RABID_MP5]

Do you have the original air cleaner? With an injen on there, you can just tip the battery and remove and replace - no need to pull the bar or even loosen the nuts. But make sure the caps aren't gonna leak acid when you do this. I even shoved a group 24 battery in there this way, which is like an inch longer.