[cwmoser]

Yes. With one hand hold the black plastic base and with your other hand carefully pull the part with the wires on it. You want to hold the black plastic base as sometimes these come loose and you don't want to pull off the black plastic base. If you find the black plastic base is loose, you can use Super Glue to make it tight - but wait and do this later when your friend tests the CRT.

Once the back connector is removed, looking forward is the ION TRAP. With a pencil write an arrow pointing to the front on it so you know how it goes back on. Then, loosen the long screw and slid it off the back.

Have an index card ready just in case - you may or may not need it.
From the front of the CRT, carefully pull the CRT out and away from the chassis Yoke. If you feel it snag, you can push is back into the Yoke.

If it snags, its because the black plastic base on the CRT. From the back, insert the index card under the CRT neck where it enters the YOKE hole. The idea is that the index card allows for a smooth surface for the black plastic base to ride on.

Don't put pressure such that it bends the CRT neck - you don't want to break it.
If the CRT stil will not come out, just push it back in the Yoke assembly all the way and support the CRT front slightly with the piece of rubber such that you are taking pressure off the neck. But, you really want to remove the CRT so you can get to cleaning the chassis before your friend comes over. Also, when you fully remove the CRT, turn the chassis upside down and take some pictures and post back here.

Once you extract the CRT, store it in a safe place face down. What I did was to store it in the corner of the room face down on carpet. But, I did not have pets or kids that would mess with it.

Let us know how this worked for you.

Carl