snub disphenoid

I'm installing assembled struts and springs, and for the front, I'm trying to re-install the C-clips that hold the front brake lines on to the strut body. Is there any real trick to getting these clips back on? I'm trying to reinstall them, but they keep slipping over the nut on the brake line.

snub disphenoid

nvm, got it done, but good lord that took entirely too long...I guess that's what happens when you install your front struts using an air impact wrench