just did this on friday. lucky me i work for a dealer so i had a nice lift to see what i was doing. took me 40mins most of that time was screwing around with the plastic fastner.... i got tired of messing with it so i just cut it off and replaced it with an almost identical one. i was able to remove the original clamps with a flat head and everything else was a breeze just be prepared for alot of pouring gas. good LUCK! it can be done!