The transfer case is out!
I really made this harder than it needed to be. For some reason when positioning the transmission jack... I thought that the weight of the transfer case was going to fall toward the driver's side. I have no idea why I thought that. It was a dumb mistake.
Anyhow when I got into it I quickly realized that the bulk of the weight was passenger side... and a large portion of the transfer case was hanging off of the transmission jack entirely. It was causing the transmission jack to tip over. So I had to use ratchet straps and brute force to try and level things out.
In the end, a pry bar made the big difference in getting the transfer case fully separated and "off".
I was swearing up and down and was dead tired afterward... but it's progress so I'm happy.
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