Rusted Battery Tray

[JRantz]

So when I was routing the wires for my new headlight/tailight kit and saw some pretty bad corrosion. After taking the batteries out this is what I found. Now I am trying to take this sucker out and the fwd two nuts and bolts are corroded and seized. I have tried everything but a torch. But thats next Any advice is welcomed.

[simple man]

Originally Posted by JRantz

So when I was routing the wires for my new headlight/tailight kit and saw some pretty bad corrosion. After taking the batteries out this is what I found. Now I am trying to take this sucker out and the fwd two nuts and bolts are corroded and seized. I have tried everything but a torch. But thats next Any advice is welcomed.

Man! And I thought mine were bad! Anyway, if you can find it " Kano Kroil " is a great penetrant oil. Put some on and let it soak for a day. If this doesn't do it, The torch is the next step. Remove all the batteries first and get some " pink wool " insulation to use as a heat shield for your wires and anything else that is in the area. Good Luck with it! A good portion of my life has been spent with the war against rust!

[JRantz]

Yea its pretty bad but nothing a little elbow grease can't fix.. or in this case a lot. I use to live in Port Orange FL so needless to say I can relate to the war on rust. I saw your thread.. I am going with aluminum and Im just going to put a little RTV at the contact points to create a 'gap' to battle the dissimilar metals.. Good luck with yours

[Fyrestorm]

Had to take a torch to mine. They were in very rough shape. For $15 I bought some good angle iron and a buddy of mine who welds built me a brand new one. 4 coats of rustoleum should help protect!!

[dvmartin]

You should consider getting some POR 15 to coat the steel. I have used this product with good success.

[madoc1]

found that rattle can bed liner seems to work well also.

[JRantz]

thats a good idea... I have some herculiner left.... Ill just paint the tray with that!

[simple man]

Originally Posted by dvmartin

You should consider getting some POR 15 to coat the steel. I have used this product with good success.

Yeah! I forgot about that! It needs proper prep work, but is totally excellent! Thank you for activating my feeble brain cells!

[Paxdad]

I made mine from some stainless steel angle iron. I am now worried that the frame will corrode around the battery trays :)

[nutsehc]

Ran into same issue with friends cart. He had complained that he was not getting any distance from his pack, so I took a look at it and found that two of terminations at the posts were hanging on by the rust only, both the battery hold down posts were completely rusted through and completely gone, and battery acid was everywhere. Come to find out that the batteries were bouncing all around, ( due to the fact that was no longer anything holding them down) and that he had purchased an auto watering system that was his new favorite toy. Consequently all the batteries were filled to the brim. Testing the batteries revealed that 2 had bad cells so new battery time. I pull the batteries to find that the battery tray was gonzo...not surprising... time for new battery tray as well! This is going to add up....