Battery and Battery Tray Removal and Installation: Installation
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- Install the battery carrier by fastening the carrier tray upper, lower, and side bolts.
Tighten:
Tighten the battery carrier tray upper, lower and side bolts (if applicable) to 20 N.m (15 lb-ft).
- Push in the clip of the negative battery lead to the hole in the side of the battery tray (if applicable and as shown).
See Figure.
- Install the battery into the tray.
- Fasten the bar clamp to the battery by loosely attaching the battery rods from the battery tray cutouts through the bar clamp holes, and loosely tightening the nuts.
Tighten:
Tighten the battery retainer clamp-to-battery rod nuts to 5 N.m (44 lb-in).
See Figure.
- Connect the negative and the positive battery cables.
Tighten:
Tighten the battery cable nuts to 5 N.m (44 lb-in).
See Figure.