Good solution, wish I would have thought of that. Here is a video link for how I did it. There was another guy on you tube that talked about doing it this way but it didn't actually show, so... here ya go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiqiviusA0w
As far as the fittings went, I installed, but didn't think they fit all that well. I didn't think the press fit grabbed all that well. But they are in and greased!
