Door lock cylinder replacement

Thanks guys, I did search last night but didn't find that post 4spdragtop. Sometimes you gotta use the right words. :)
Anyway, I knew about the C clip because the old one was sitting in the bottom of the door. The part I'm having trouble with is where YY1 was going with. I tried every angle I could but I just can't get the linkage to pop into that damn little hole on the cylinder. Cut my hand up pretty good trying to get it in, gave up had to find a rag to stop the bleeding. There must be a trick to it that I'm just not getting, guys remove these all the time to paint their cars right?