wow I thought the chain was a little stretched but even with one set of outer plates off it still overlapped by three set of outer plates and three set of inner plates .So I can just remove some of the stiff links I guess and shorten the chain.One link is actually an inner and outer set of plates right?And do I need a master link still if I remove a link or two additional?Its seems if I only remove one pin from the outer when I shorten I wouldn't need a master link.