Sorry no pictures, they don't really help apart from removing the case.
I did this successfully with an SV2 and a HH BRXL.
You will need:
A heatgun
An ESC
A small vice
A pair of needle nose pliers or dykes
Balls of steel
1. Remove the case from the ESC. In the case of the castle based ESC it's pretty straightforward, slice the sticker and use a small flathead or some type of mini pry bar to open the case. There are plastic clips which release when the outside/upper case half is pulled out and away from the bottom/inner case half.
2. Bend the wires out of the way, so they are not going to be in direct heat.
3. Load up the ESC in the vice, it doesn't need to be too tight. Grab the heatsink with the pliers/dykes and give a little tug (very light now). Did the ESC come flying out of the vice? No? Great.
4. Turn the heatgun on high and get it really close to the heatsink. With the SV2 it took a minutes or two of heating before the glue which holds the heatsink on softened. With the BRXL it took 15-20 seconds.
5. Once the glue has softened, a LIGHT tug will lift the heatsink off. If you are pulling at all on the heatsink, the glue has not melted and your are pulling on the components of the heatsink. Keep heating and it will lift off. Nabil posted once on here that you can get it hot enough to where the heatsink will just slide right off.
6. That's it, you win. "thumbsup"
Comments, criticisms, and compliments welcome! 8)
:lmao:
I did this successfully with an SV2 and a HH BRXL.
You will need:
A heatgun
An ESC
A small vice
A pair of needle nose pliers or dykes
Balls of steel
1. Remove the case from the ESC. In the case of the castle based ESC it's pretty straightforward, slice the sticker and use a small flathead or some type of mini pry bar to open the case. There are plastic clips which release when the outside/upper case half is pulled out and away from the bottom/inner case half.
2. Bend the wires out of the way, so they are not going to be in direct heat.
3. Load up the ESC in the vice, it doesn't need to be too tight. Grab the heatsink with the pliers/dykes and give a little tug (very light now). Did the ESC come flying out of the vice? No? Great.
4. Turn the heatgun on high and get it really close to the heatsink. With the SV2 it took a minutes or two of heating before the glue which holds the heatsink on softened. With the BRXL it took 15-20 seconds.
5. Once the glue has softened, a LIGHT tug will lift the heatsink off. If you are pulling at all on the heatsink, the glue has not melted and your are pulling on the components of the heatsink. Keep heating and it will lift off. Nabil posted once on here that you can get it hot enough to where the heatsink will just slide right off.
6. That's it, you win. "thumbsup"
Comments, criticisms, and compliments welcome! 8)
:lmao:
