Battery bracket. How tight?

[Moab]

How tight should the battery bracket be? I tightened mine down tonight on a new agm battery. I tightened it, pushed it to the side and it slid a half inch or so. So I gave it another turn or two on each side. And then when I pushed it it didn't move anymore.

I realized as I was tightening it though that its a plastic box basically. And that if I got it too tight it could crush the housing.

I found a good deal on a cheap agm battery too. My old battery came with the Jeep. And was getting weak. I was gonna just have a AAA battery put in. But then I thought an AGM would be nice. But can't afford a Northstar right now. Dug around on the forum looking for better parent companies that make AGM batteries for the big parts stores. And found this one. It used to be $157. $169 now. There is a 15% off online purchases right now. Look on the homepage.

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...m-group-size-34m-top-post-battery/ssbj/34magm

 

[MountaineerTom]

Does yours have the strap that goes over the battery or the block down at the base that holds it in place? Mine has the block and I just tighten it until its feels tight, make sure the battery doesn't move and retighten a little more if it does.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

Tight enough that you won't be worried it might come out of its mount in an accident or rollover.