theres a master link!!! can be hard to find, soak it in kerosene and brush it, i would take a link or 2 out and save your new one until you get new sprockets to go with it. thats just me...................and also what i did. I guess you got that pivot bolt out huh? I just got my new bearings today....bossbearing..... wow they are freakin cheapo's.....goddam needles are falling out just lookin at it........