Once the rod is off, the bolt is left. You’ll have to lift the front of the bolt and line up the firing pin tail with the notch in the receiver web. Turn the receiver over for a good look. I’ve done this to hundreds of Garands, and I still have to rattle the bolt around to get it to clear.

Lift the bolt out.

Once the bolt is out, you’re done. You do not need to take the gas cylinder off. You do not need to disassemble the bolt. Clean the powder residue off, oil the internals, and apply a good brand of oil-resistant grease to the cam slots in the op rod.

And you’re done.

The tricks to reassembly are as follows: once you’ve gotten the bolt back in (the reverse of the rattling it around until it fits routine) push the op rod up into the handguard, and line up the bolt and op rod at the rear notch.

Push the rod down to capture the bolt lug, and push back and forth around the notch until the op rod fits back into the rail. Once in, run it forward. Turn the rifle over. Install the lifter in the receiver and line up the internals with the front pin hole. Push the pin through, capturing the parts.

Press the round shield in place, and slide the recoil spring down the op rod. Compress the spring with one hand while you lift the lifter with your other to line up the lifter lugs with the spring guide. Once it has caught, ease it down. Hook the stock under the front handguard bolster and pivot in place.

Push the trigger assembly straight up into the stock in its guide slots and once solidly in place, pivot the trigger guard to the stock until it locks. Glass-bedded rifles might need a strike with the heel of the hand to close and latch the triggerguard.