No it doesn't, I've done it... Although the lifters do have to be inserted/removed from underneath (in the cam tunnel), all you need is some clothespins and a stiff cardboard or PVC tube cut in half lengthwise!
Hold up the lifters with the clothespins, remove the cam, slide the tube in, drop the lifters into the tube, and fish them forward and out with a magnetic telescoping probe. Installation is the reverse of disassembly except you pull the lifters up into the bore with the magnet. clip them in place, and slide the cam in. Only takes about 15 extra minutes once you get the motion :)
