No extra hands. I just arrange the pipe and breaker bar ends so that they are about a foot apart with the breaker bar above the pipe(this is all happening on the left side of the steering wheel), with a good grip on the two ends, push on the pipe while pulling on the breaker bar so no torque is applied to the steering wheel. It takes a little ooomph but no too bad.

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2012 E350 Bluetech