this weekend i am taking my tranny out and preparing to install another one next week end. i have read several write ups here and feel confident i can do this. i know the nv5600 is quite heavy and i am prepared for that. just how heavy is the transfer case? i dont want ot get clobbered by it either.i figured while I had it out i would replace the seals since they leak slightly. does a seal removal tool make the job any easier? i have seen other ways, but if the tool is worth spending the money on i am all for it. any advice is appreciated.

thru this whole job not one busted knuckle on me or any of my helpers. that has got to be a first for me. i received the only injury, my oily hand slipped on the bell housing while moving the old tranny out of the way and cut the palm of my hand just enough to hurt, no blood. no blood on any one. i am still amazed at that one. reassembly went as good a disassembly. we took it slow and methodical. i like you worked my truck pretty hard wihile towing. the owner manual said you did not have to change the tranny fluid just keep it full. that served me well for quite a while. but after having gone thru this it makes the price and labor of changing the fluid look like chump change:spend: change compared buying and replacing that nv5600. i believe now i can slow downn a little and grab a lower gear a little mor often.

Amen Brother!