Electrician's pliers, long nose pliers, brake pliers and snap ring (or circlip) pliers.
If you want it to stay, use hog rings. You can pick the hog rings up at an upholstery shop or a farm supply store. The ringer pliers, too. It isn't impossible to put the rings on with regular pliers.
Insert the tip of your snap ring pliers into the two tiny holes on the left and right hand side of the snap ring. Then press the snap ring pliers together fairly hard and pull out the snap ring. Note: Make sure you have snap ring pliers because snap rings are very tool specific.
Gee pretty much the way you put it on, with pliers, just in reverse.
Remove the ball and pull it out. If it's a closed in ball, take some needlenose pliers, put the end of the pliers in the ring and gently pull the pliers open inside the ring until the ball pops out. Be sure to do this somewhere where the ball doesn't bounce off under something. Edit: If its a ball closure ring, use needlenose pliers. I didnt have needlenose pliers so my dad did it with scissors for me, wasnt a brillaint idea but it did work (:
The best pliers for working with jump rings are flat nose pliers or chain nose pliers. These types of pliers have a smooth, flat surface that can grip the jump ring securely without causing damage.
A recommended manufacturer of snap ring pliers is Mastercraft. They are easily accessible in any major tool/hardware store and they are affordable at a cost around $20.
Use spreaders or pliers to open, remove ball, slide ring out. Done. Use spreaders or pliers to open, remove ball, slide ring out. Done.
you probably need a pair of snap ring pliers
Push the bead out sideways from the ring, roll the ring around and out of the piercing. If you can't get the bead out see your piercer and have them open it with ring expanding pliers.
Use a snap ring pliers, available in various sizes -- try auto parts store.
Timon and Pumbaa - 1995 Throw Your Hog in the Ring Slalom Problem 5-8 was released on: USA: 19 February 1999