[blackshine007]

Originally Posted by ghostling

u're lucky it took you 10 minutes to get the old links off. it took me 3 hours trying a 24" rachet, a torch, and finally an angle grinder to completely destroy the endlinks and then remove it from the car.

A pry bar does the same thing. If they don't wanna come off easily, pry them off. When you pry between where the link pivots, enough pressure will make it pop out the socket.