Removing Cylinder Barrel; Removing And Disassembling Piston - BMW R 1150 R Repair Manual

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Removing cylinder barrel

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Remove guide rail pivot screws (1).
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Remove cylinder retaining screws, and remove
cylinder.
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Attention:
When removing cylinder, make sure that the piston
does not strike the engine block.
Removing and disassembling pis-
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Remove both retaining rings from piston pin.
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Press out piston pin by hand.
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Remove piston.
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Carefully remove piston rings with piston ring pli-
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Remove combustion residues from piston crown
and clean piston.
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Attention:
Do not mix up pistons, piston pins and piston rings.
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