Thanks again to Dan Karnath for guiding me through this job and sending me these pics of his puller and snap-ring pliers. I've also included pics of the puller and pliers I bought and used. I couldn't find the 2-jaw puller like Dan used and wished I could have as the 3-jaw one I used was a bitch... but it worked in the end.
These are the tools you need to do this job along with a couple of picks.
Note: the split rings you'll be dealing with are large and high tension. The cheap lock ring pliers I bought would barely grab and hold both eye's. F'ing thing kept letting go, sending the ring flying off into the dirt. Do yourself a favour and take some vice-grips and carefully gently bend them both inwards towards each other - just a little. This will actually help them grip the rings better as you apply more tension on them.
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