Talk about a case of bad luck. From start to finish the t-case rebuild took 28 hrs, not all of this was spent working mind you but it took this long none the less. To start out, I couldn't reach the top two tranny-to-t-case bolts. First trip to buy tools, one set of ratcheting stubby wrenches (I splurged). Evening one ended with only removing the t-case. The next day I started to tear the case down, I then realize my snap ring pliers were missing. Second trip to buy tools, snap ring pliers. As stated in this thread it takes a dremel tool to easily remove some of the bearings. My dremel crapped out on me midway through the first bearing, third trip to buy tools, new dremel tool. Now here's the kicker. The rebuild kit I purchased came with an incorrect pilot bearing that resides inside the input shaft. My input shaft is hollow (you can see striaght through it) and the pilot bearing had a "hat" built into it to prevent fluid from reaching the tranny. The bearing in the kit din't have this "hat". I didn't realize this until I cut out the bearing (ruining it). I called around to every parts house in the Metro Nashville area with the part number and noone had one, I wouldn't be able to get one until Tuesday. Since my Jeep was taking up space in a buddies shop that wouldn't work so I had to improvise. I used my new dremel tool to cut off the "hat" from the original pilot bearing. I slid it down into the input shaft and pounded in the new bearing on top of it using silicone to hopefully seal up the gap. We'll see how it works. The actual tearing down and rebuilding of the transfer case was easy, however Murphy's Law made sure process surrounding the rebuild was a pain.