Battery Repost

[LabRat]

Greeting, I am not sure if this is the correct method to ask for some advise, I am 422 in dog years and things get a little fuzzy every so often so please bear with my "Newbie" status.
my inquiry is concerning methods used by others to Re post a Battery after a post melt down or the loss of the OEM stud.
I would appreciate hearing your history both your success and failures. Please consider providing some feedback concerning my current method
1. Clean Area
2. Centerpunch the Secondary lead surface area next to the OEM stud
3. Drill a straight 1/4" hole approx 1" deep
4. Slightly Countersink drill out the hole to assist with threading in a new stud
5. use a stainless 5/16"-18unc fully thread bolt, 3" long,
6. Place (2) 5/16"-18unc (9/16" wide flat) onto bolt about 1 1/2" up
7. Thread in the new stud with a driver tool insure not to strip the new threads in the lead
8. tighten the bottom nut while holding the bolt hex flats with a wrench
9. cut off the head of the Bolt leaving enough stud to install cable & top nut.
10. using 2 wrenches tighten the cable.

i would appreciate any info, advice and criticism. We see about one "Meltdown" every week at our small shop down here in "redneckville"

[bc40ton]

Having to do with #9 I would cut the bolt head off first then double nut it and use a socket to torque it into the threaded hole. Then just use 2 wrenches to unlock the 2 nuts when it's deep n tight. I wouldn't want to use a saw that might jar it loose or a cutting wheel that would throw sparks. The rest seems fine to me.

[rngilliland]

This is a youtube video showing how to repair a battery post using a hanger bolt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVWYBRUlT6M It was made by Crash Test Dummy who posts here sometimes.

[cgtech]

I have repaired many, with real good success. Doing just about what your suggesting. I keep 5/16 all thread rod around for just such repairs. I have only seen one or 2 failures of that repair ever. (Usually someone stripping the threads of the repair in the lead after the fact)