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haveo
I'd suggest cloning it in the first instance (I normally use dd on a linux livecd but you should be able to do it in Mac OS https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-create-disk-image-on-mac-os-x-with-dd-command/ )
After that mount the image and work on that rather than trying to use the failing drive.