Remove links from a chain (split link type)

[Snorty]

I need to remove a couple of links from a chain on a little NS125.

It has a split-link type chain, so I can actually get the chain apart, but once I've done that, how do I go about removing some links?

I've looked on YouTube but I can only find how to get the chain apart, not to remove links.

I've seen it done with an angle grinder, but is there any other way? (Without having to go and buy something).
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[Babba]

Why do you need to remove them?

Dare I ask . . .

[Kickstart]

Hi

Angle grinder will do it with care, but easier to just buy a tool to split the chain (no doubt one will be in the links at the bottom of this page).

For most 520 chains used on a 125 they do not need to be particularly tough tools to do the job.

All the best

Keith
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[Teflon-Mike]

Only 'legitimate' reason for removing links is if you have down sized sprockets, and need shorter chain to go round the smaller cogs.

IF the chain is stretched so far that you have run out of adjustment; take the hint; buy a new chain! two links is the amount of metal that has been worn away inside the bushes of the chain... may be a little biuke, but it can still go quite fast and a locked rear wheel when the chain snaps ent no fun!
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[Pol Anorl]

screw driver, hammer and a block of wood if you don't have an angle grinder.

Had to angle grind mine last week as was waiting on the new chain, only had to do 90 miles on it so wasn't too bad but if its stretched to the point you need to remove links then id get a new chain.
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[jjdugen]

As a member of the Crankcase and Chaingaurd Manufacturing Coilition and in close co-operation with the lower leg trauma units of the NHS I must gainsay the previous advice. Please remove links as and when you please, the rustier and sloppier the chain the better. Its a damn good way of eeking out your hard earned pennies in these days of hardship. Over the years you will easily sae the cost of new engine cases and the leaps in plastic surgery will make the scars almost invisible.
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