I've had luck tilting the transmission/transfer case and then sliding the case off the transmission. You absolutely have to support both the transmission and transfer case well during removal; a good rolling jack or a very strong boy is essential.
Those alignment dowels are really long and the case has to come off straight; any misaligment and it'll bind. Be really careful using steel prybars; the mating surfaces are machined aluminum. Screw them up and you'll be sorry.
For what it's worth, I'd never try to mate a transmission and transfer case under the truck, unless I absolutely had to do it. It's too much trouble.
I've had luck tilting the transmission/transfer case and then sliding the case off the transmission. You absolutely have to support both the transmission and transfer case well during removal; a good rolling jack or a very strong boy is essential.
Those alignment dowels are really long and the case has to come off straight; any misaligment and it'll bind. Be really careful using steel prybars; the mating surfaces are machined aluminum. Screw them up and you'll be sorry.
For what it's worth, I'd never try to mate a transmission and transfer case under the truck, unless I absolutely had to do it. It's too much trouble.
