this all started when I was having a lot of skipping issues with my new chain on the way in this morning...I've got the alignment dialed in, and figured I'd try to remove a couple of links to put less pressure on the singleator that I'm running in push down mode...I removed two links at lunch and got the chain so I could just barely get it over the cog and chainring and has very little slack...If I can I'll leave it as it is and just change the chain every 10 months or so...

thanks!