USB power ports?

[Jack Leis]

Rich , post a picture of what you have. It would be alot easier for some of us follow.

[Desi Bike]

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

If you stuff a rag over the positive terminal.side of the battery, you should have no problems working on the negative terminal with tools.

[Arizoni]

Desi, I know your enjoying it but I think your giving Rich a bit of concern when none is warranted.

Desi, there is nothing connecting the positive terminal to the frame or the battery unless the key is turned on.  In other words, there is no way you can get a shock by messing with the negative terminal, connected or disconnected.

Your idea with installing a bolt thru the wiring connector and the two holes and securing it all with a nut is the way to go.  It is probably what was intended in the first place and whoever put the battery in before you got it did a half ass attempt to make up for not having the right screw and nut.  Shame on them.
Use the screw and nut and do it right.

[gremlin]

The boxed electrode is usually open on the sides to allow for the insertion of a square nut.

remember those cheap metal shelving cabinets that came with a bag of short pan-head screws and square nuts ?   ( the flat-pack ones from the 80's & 90's )

that hardware should work perfectly.

[Rich Mintz]

I'm going to have to fix my battery terminal problem properly tomorrow. All I need is a square nut with very narrow dimensions (exactly per Gremlin's suggestion above) that fits the bolt that holds the negative battery terminal connector onto the terminal.

The reason I have to fix it properly is that now that I've added another accessory harness to the terminals, I can no longer get the crappy plastic lock on the battery cover to engage, and every time I take everything apart (to try to seat the battery better) it takes me 15 minutes to get it back together. I gave up after an hour and decided I'd go get a nut in the morning and fix it right.

In related news, is it possible to replace the crappy plastic lock with a more substantive metal lock fitting the same aperture?

[b.sheets]

http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/battery-lock-replacement.html

or

go about halfway down the page on:

http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/accessory-electrics-charging

Pt. No. 92024  BATTERY COVER LOCK, STAINLESS