EAT E-Glo Petit

I'm interested in rolling tubes through my Petit, when I first received it, I swapped out the original with Gold Lions. It was a bit of a task to get the originals with the heat sinks removed due to the amount of area available in the cavity where the tubes are installed, my fat fingers won't allow me to grab it securely enough to pull them out.. I used a long pair of needle nose pliers grabbing the rubber portion of the heat sink and pulling out the tubes, not a big deal due to the heat sinks in place. Now that I have naked tubes installed, what are you guys with fat fingers using to pull the tubes out, without damaging them.