Soooo NOT happy!!

[VTRid3r]

Teeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhllllllllllllllllllll[/quote][/quote]
Wrong!!!! Not teal![/quote]

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no good to me
I'm colour blind[/quote]

Haha. Slightly different colours. How do u manage traffic lights

[Watty]

Teeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhllllllllllllllllllll

Wrong!!!! Not teal!

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Correct ish

[redpig]

no good to me
I'm colour blind

Left to right i see slightly teal then teal then slightly teal again.
Got any grey?

[VTRid3r]

I got 50 shades but not enough room to post.

[redpig]

Haha. Slightly different colours. How do u manage traffic lights [/quote]

Well
When it goes red I stop
When it goes teal I go

[lumpyv]

here we go again ,

that's romantically called "mid blue metallic"

[Stratman]

When my RR went it didn't harm the battery but took the stator out. I don't know if that could cause your problem, but a faulty RR won't just damage a battery.

[VTRid3r]

Ok so here's an update and a few pics.




Ok so the 1st is the positive battery terminal leaking, not from the vent but from the actual terminal.
2nd is the acid oozing down the battery box towards an unforgivable place.
3rd, the unforgivable place is the swing arm and the damage it has caused.

I have had repeated conversations with the seller who even admits the terminal looks bent and are adamant that it is not their fault and will not be sending out a replacement battery or give a full refund. Ok so it's not an £80 battery but it still should not leak from the terminal. The breather outlet if anywhere. I'm gutted about the damage to the swing arm. I've opened up a dispute with the seller and will now take proceedings with Trading standards.
A new battery or refund would of been a nice good will gesture but as they have shrugged it off I'm going the whole hogg!!
That's the update. Thanks for reading.

[sirch345]

I'm sorry to hear of your bad luck with your new battery.
Is this a Yuasa battery (iirc I think that is what you said you were getting) and if it is, is it a genuine battery not a Chinese copy

The terminal does look badly formed in the photo, which makes me think it could be a copy,

Chris.

[VTRid3r]

Thanks Chris. Unfortunately it's not a Yuasa. I cldnt afford 1 at the time so went for a cheaper version. It's an Exide Ytx16-BS. Wish I had gone for the Yuasa now. See what happens soon with the case. For the moment fingers crossed it's not leaking as bad and dripping out everywhere. Might clean the terminal up and put a thin bead of silicone around it just to help. The battery itself runs the bike lovely.

[redpig]

might have been dropped at some time?

[KermitLeFrog]

might have been dropped at some time?

It may have been dropped but I reckon it's a cheap copy. If it had been dropped the square opening would be a parallelogram. It's not. It's just a badly made terminal block, something that would never get through QA in a decent manufacturer. The rest of it doesn't look very well made either.

[sirch345]

Thanks Chris. Unfortunately it's not a Yuasa. I cldnt afford 1 at the time so went for a cheaper version. It's an Exide Ytx16-BS. Wish I had gone for the Yuasa now. See what happens soon with the case. For the moment fingers crossed it's not leaking as bad and dripping out everywhere. Might clean the terminal up and put a thin bead of silicone around it just to help. The battery itself runs the bike lovely.

Ah I see. If you use silicone sealer you'll probably need one that is suitable for lead, or an epoxy resin might work, although if the terminal pole has movement in it, an epoxy resin it may not. It might pay you to hang on and see how the case goes before modifying it in case it ends up going back.

Good luck with the dispute case, I hope it goes in your favour, it ought to,

Chris,

[redpig]

Wouldn't risk it mate. cut your losses and get a new one.
Lucas are decent and not too dear.
make sure we know the seller is

[artee]

Next time get a sealed battery.
Something like a Motobatt.