Hey Sean, When I removed my fuel tank, I already had the frame off the body so I guess it was easier for me to do. It is relatively a straight forward process. After you remove the bolts holding the tank in place, it shouldn't just FALL right down on you (at least mine didn't). Mine was really wedged in place by the cooling pipes and the rub strips protecting the cooling pipes. Also I might add that my tank still had about 8 gallons of gas in it when I removed it. It took a lot of pusing down on the top of it to finally get it to fall out. Hope that helps you some. Later, Nick 1852