@linuxgod I send power for perseverance and appeal to Zeus for your success.
When I did the actuator boogie, I did chock the wheels and do the work while truck was in neutral. The video posted by the Filipino guy in Saudi (I think) shows him spraying a hearty poof of liquid wrench into the push-pin hole in the T-case before reinserting the rods.
All this being said, and in spite of several credible accounts of 'mission accomplished,' I still believe that the rod/tooth clocking is not 100% solved. Probably, most folks get lucky.
As for the sub-micro switch: this thing is fiddly to the point of being suspected of using witchcraft. Achilles's heel, to be certain, and I do not trust that this thing performs reliably once the actuator housing has suffered an insult. I also dissected the switch and manipulated the hair-thin copper contacts. It mostly worked, but I still get in-family CELs intermittently; even when ambient temps are >90 F.
Finally, I have a latent suspicion that there is intermittent inefficient contact between the spring-loaded arms and the concentric contact array under the gears. YouTube videos have shown people gooping solder on the points with divets and sanding those down. I have yet to do this, but it's on the agenda.
I'm tied up with other (non-LC) projects right now, but the actuator housing another MUDder sent me is on the bench and will continue to serve as test mule for fix approaches. If you R&R yours, I'd be happy to send you shipping core charge so I can add it to the diagnostic set.