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Good luck! Those little retaining wire ring things made me swear a lot. I got a tiny flathead screwdriver just under the end of the wire when it was on the shallow side of the pedal and managed to lever it up (on about the 100th try).
Not sure if I mentioned, but they're clicking even more since the bearing swap. Enraging.
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That method is exactly what I've been doing. 1mm flathead, spin the wire around to shallow side, push the screwdriver under it and ping it off. Takes me about 5 seconds to do each one now. The circlip is now trickier because with my missus to put something under it, those pliers just squeeze it but they're not small enough pins to hook it and drag it out. If I had a bench vice I'd be able to do it myself.
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I filed the pins down and they worked better but only well enough that the circlip came out bent. Replacements in the bearing kit so no drama. The other side's retaining clip won't come out so going to look for proper metal pick set and try again.