Can someone give advice on how to connect the exhaust springs on an EX(1)? It's interesting to see that this area has been reengineered from model to model.

I'm confident the exhaust collector is seated deep enough into the exhausts. I have used a wire to pull the spring and that seems like a good approach. I've started with the spring connected to the exhaust tube or the oil sump brackets. I just can't get the hook of the spring to bend over into a hole.

Could this simply be a two man task?

Photos from the Firewall Forward Manual

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