Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
If you want to seperate the Cu from the Al in the heat sinks I suggest you cut the Cu tubes first. After cutting the the tubes you can safely heat the heat sink enough to melt the solder to seperate the large Cu square on the bottom. If you don't cut the Cu tubes first they will explode when heated. Mike.
Mike



They last few heat sinks I have had like this, cut the tubes, and they tap out quite easy. Figure save torch fuel that way.