Thanks again for your input everyone. After a few days of repeated soaking with Kroil and working it, it moved smoothly but was still too stiff. I could move it with two fingers, but I was working my arm to do it. It was broken free enough that I was finally able to drive the pin / arm out of...
It's more free after a liberal soaking with Kroil and some pipe assisted action, but still isn't great. While I'm working it, and I guess it heats up a little, it gets to something that feels about right, but then cools down and stiffens up again. I think I'll try to take it apart again and...
Thanks guys. @Feistl , were you able to pull the actual shifter / pin / base apart ? What was the trick ? @jonheld , thanks, hadn't found that one. I'll keep dosing with Kroil and working it. If that doesn't work, guess I'll try to find one from a desert climate.
Jason
Sounds like a personal question I know, but how stiff is your transfer case shifter ? How stiff is it supposed to be ? Mine is so hard to move, it's almost impossible to use. I have seen the threads on the boot getting loose or torn and the cup being full of crap, but mine is perfect, looks...