Silver contacts?

Originally Posted by wannabemechanic

I tried this tonight (outside of course), heating to increasing temperatures on each attempt, but even getting them red hot, the silver part wouldn't come off of the copper with prying even. Am I doing something wrong, or is it just the contacts that I have?




PS Getting frustrated and beating on one with a hammer, though quite cathartic.... doesn't work either for separating them.

Can you post a pic of the Cu and contact with something next to it to compare size too. I was frustrated the first few times. I wasn't giving it enough heat.


Eric