disconnect pistons from rods

[hampshirehog]

awesome ty very much guys...also do i have to remove the engine to put rings in my bike?

No. You don't need to remove the pistons to put on new rings either.

[chuck hahn]

Pull the head and the jugs, clean the pistons free of all carbon, install new rings and reasseble the top end. Chore Boy, wire brush and solvent, things like that will spiffy up the tops in short order. May as well do stem seals and have the valves freshened up since it is apart.

[blowerbike]

awesome ty very much guys...also do i have to remove the engine to put rings in my bike?

you do need to remove any carbon from the ring lands and a nice blasting of the pistons tops would look good....some people soak there pistons in berrymans..your call.
you can break an old ring in half and scrape the ring land if you don't have a ring groove tool.
all can be done with engine in frame of course.

[chuck hahn]

Good tip on using a snapped off ring as a groove tool...I will remember that

[gs850cafe]

No. You don't need to remove the pistons to put on new rings either.

i know that much..my bike needs rings...just didnt know if i had to pull the engine out