I have a 2000 dakota 3.9l i am trying to change the transfer case in. I have both drive shafts off, the wiring, shifter, hose, and the 6 nuts off of the studs but i can't get the transfer case to seperate from the transmission, any suggestions?

 

Take off the skirt and put some muscle into it. Just giving you a hard time, Make sure everything is off and give it a little juice from an extended crowbar and see if things loosen up a bit.

 

i tried crowbars, even tried my porta power, still not moving. i dont see anything else that would be holding it in.

 

finally got it out, beat on it with a sledge hammer and it finaly came loose.

 

wow that's weird... just did mine and it slid right out. what did you use for the upper bolts? I found that a chevy distributor wrech worked perfect... could put the wrench on it and then you have a 90* bend in it to grab on to. next time around it'll be a piece of cake to yank out. should be able to get it out in under an hour I'd think.

 

check out the pics here... this is from the DIY thread @ the top.

1. 2nd gen dakota Transfer Case removal
https://dodgeforum.com/m_1011084/tm.htm

 

it was an easy change just didnt wanna seperate, i used a small 9/16 wrench to get the top bolts out. the wrench you used was a good idea just didnt have one here, i thought about it tho.

 

Weird having trouble removing the Tcase, Mine slid of nicely when I did mine too... Something must have been broken..