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Well, plenty of guys get it with some screw drivers and needle nose. I wanted to make a tool.
Grease it up well.
I made a tool for this out of a 12" or so threaded rod and a couple nuts. Put the nuts on about an inch down. They act as the stop for the grommet. Then I ground 2 sides of the rod flat, 180 degrees apart, on the bench grinder. This allows the "tits" to compress in somewhere, when they go up through the hole. If you don’t grind 2 flat spots in the rod, you will mangle the grommet. Then slide it up, use a small awl to work the "tit" into the hole in the exhaust housing, and you are done.
You could make a fancy one out of wood if you had a wood lathe, or a real nice one out of metal if you had an actual lathe, neither of which I have, so had to use the threaded rod.