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There was a whole discussion about this on an older thread here on the fordbarn. I useful to grind an opposed slant into the one end of the snap ring (using a slender cutter bit in my Drexel) so that my lock ring pliers could spread it. However, now we just work a small pointed pick tool under either end of the snap ring and tap it in enough to pop up the ring.....that will be enough to get one end up and out of the groove. Then we just use a screwdriver and hammer to force the rest of the ring out the rest of the way.
All of our snap rings are made to the original thickness and all have the opposed tips so that your lock ring pliers can remove or install them easily. As a rule, we never reuse old snap rings.......