R33 GTR... battery change/strut brace

[azaram]

Hey... I've got a stupid question..

I need to replace my battery.. it's constantly losing charge after a week of not being used... only problem is that on the GTR the rear strut brace is in the way and you can't get the battery out.

So my question is.. can I remove it and replace it myself?

Is it hard to do?

My only concern is that its a structural support and by my thinking may cause the strut towers to shift a little if removed and make it impossible to put back on.

[ferni]

Depending on the size of your battery you could slip it out above the strut brace.. i can get mine out/in like that (gotta tip it sideways)... if you have a bigger battery you'll have to take the strut brace off. Did it once, can't remembe rit being to hard - you'll be fine. Its to help stop the body flexing not to hold it in place.

[Eug]

plus its adjustable too.

[clarkey]

Hey... I've got a stupid question..

I need to replace my battery.. it's constantly losing charge after a week of not being used... only problem is that on the GTR the rear strut brace is in the way and you can't get the battery out.

So my question is.. can I remove it and replace it myself?

Is it hard to do?

My only concern is that its a structural support and by my thinking may cause the strut towers to shift a little if removed and make it impossible to put back on.

I did mine mate and didnt have a problem.

Clarkey

[GTRgeoff]

Jesus Al, you been hiding? Best you be at the Sandown track day or the next club meeting for a catch up before I pi55 of to Qld. Probably leaving late July this stage.

I had a look today and the brace will come off easy as. Gotta be easier than trying to work around it. Even the GTSt is a biatch to work on back there.

[wrxhoon]

Hey... I've got a stupid question..

I need to replace my battery.. it's constantly losing charge after a week of not being used... only problem is that on the GTR the rear strut brace is in the way and you can't get the battery out.

So my question is.. can I remove it and replace it myself?

Is it hard to do?

My only concern is that its a structural support and by my thinking may cause the strut towers to shift a little if removed and make it impossible to put back on.

Just undo the passengers side and loosen the drivers side mate .

When you change the battery just do it up again dont adjust the centre nut at all and it will be the same as before .

[stolly]

So my question is.. can I remove it and replace it myself?

Is it hard to do?

-Not if you can undo 2 nuts. - Undo them, take the strut brace out, remove battery, put new battery back in, put strut brace back in place and do the two bolts up tight again.

[Emre]

Yes, you can do it yourself, as you described.

Be careful with the terminals and spanners when you are doing up the nuts.

When you are taking the battery out, negative first; when you are putting the battery in, negative last.

[Blitz]

Stolly,

I fitted a heavy duty battery to my R33 GTR a month or so ago, and despite looking a little tricky its an easy job.

Simply remove the single bolt on each side holding the rear brace in, then remove the battery clamp and prepare for a good half hour of leaning over and loosening off the battery terminals, as the others have said you need to use some care here, but essentially its a simply swap - out with the old, in with the new.