I don't have a problem with dismantling it! I have all the tools needed to split them.

I genuinely couldn't get the cylinder off though.

on my 2nd day of riding the bike, I went to my metal shop to price up some alu for my cnc, went there today and said it was broken. he genuinely looked sad and gave me some steel and bolts for free.

he just told me to get the bike running!

I drilled holes for the cylinder studds in the metal and drilled a central hole. I had a 100mm bolt to push down on the piston and pull up the cylinder.

marked the piston badly but it was scrap anyway.

thinking about it, i should have picked up some alu at the same time and started to build my CNC on the cheap!

Sticky is ok, It has to be strong mainly. it needs to withstand oil, coolant and high pressures from the bottom end.