Prius V broken cell posts

Hi everyone,

I was getting error code P3015 Battery block 5 becomes weak and was having a lot of electrical issues come up from it. So I have started down the path of taking about the battery and see what (if any) cells I could replace.

I find that there is a LOT of rust on the nuts and the copper plates. I used PB Blaster on each nut and let it sit there before I started removing them. Most of the nuts broke free. However, on several cells, the nut was seized more than I knew and I ended up breaking the post to about half the length.

Unfortunately, the cells which have broken posts are reading good.

Can I still use these cells with a little bit of ingenuity? I have brand new plates and nuts to replace onto the cells. Could I put the plate and nuts on the shortened posts without the orange plastic holder to give some length for the nut to hold on to?