Remove cylinder without removing engine GS450?

[aoywi]

Hello!
Is it possible to remove the cylinder to get to the pistons without removing the engine from the frame?
On a GS450E 1981
Thanks!

[Steve]

Yes. ...

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[aoywi]

Great! Thanks a lot :-)

[tkent02]

Yep, just did this on my 1980 450, there's a lot of space, very easy to get the head on and off.

[aoywi]

Perfect! Then i can do it on my own, was trying to find a friend that could help me lift the engine out :-)

[tkent02]

Perfect! Then i can do it on my own, was trying to find a friend that could help me lift the engine out :-)

All easy one man thing, but with an assistant it's a little easier to put the cylinder back on. Just out of curiosity, why are you taking it apart?

[aoywi]

All easy one man thing, but with an assistant it's a little easier to put the cylinder back on. Just out of curiosity, why are you taking it apart?

I just had the whole engine apart to change the cam chain and all the gaskets, while doing so I took of the piston rings to check and measure them according to the manual. I have now realised that I have turned both the oil scraping rings the wrong way around so oil gets into the cylinder :-(
annoying mistake!