I'd forgotten about that nifty link measuring do-hicky you have there Phil. Thats a nice tool!
So what are the metal collars for on the link ends???? A little safety precaution in case of a split link???
Damn their manual is BAD. Guess they figure if you are buying a 700 you should know how to build one.
Try clearing your browser cache, deleting all of the cookies and so on. Maybe this is a bad cache/cookie deal.