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McCall's RX8 Odyssey battery mount:
This is about the 4th one of these I have made now...
We used a couple of tight fitting wood blocks for securing the base in one axis (very tight fitting). The factory J-hook top clamp was a little tall for the smaller Odyssey battery, so a piece of square aluminum tubing was used as a spacer for the downward clamping force. An angle bracket of aluminum was riveted to the square tubing to secure the other axis. Battery = secured. Didn't drill a single hole in the factory battery box.
Looking at it now we should have put a couple of rivets in the factory clamp to secure it to the square tubing, but it was such a tight fit and the J-hooks are clamping it well... maybe not needed. Couldn't hurt, tho.
McCall = post weights of this new battery set-up vs the stock one, when you get a chance. Bring it by tomorrow and we can throw some rivets in that clamp, too.
This is about the 4th one of these I have made now...
We used a couple of tight fitting wood blocks for securing the base in one axis (very tight fitting). The factory J-hook top clamp was a little tall for the smaller Odyssey battery, so a piece of square aluminum tubing was used as a spacer for the downward clamping force. An angle bracket of aluminum was riveted to the square tubing to secure the other axis. Battery = secured. Didn't drill a single hole in the factory battery box.
Looking at it now we should have put a couple of rivets in the factory clamp to secure it to the square tubing, but it was such a tight fit and the J-hooks are clamping it well... maybe not needed. Couldn't hurt, tho.
McCall = post weights of this new battery set-up vs the stock one, when you get a chance. Bring it by tomorrow and we can throw some rivets in that clamp, too.
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