ok .. if you knew the time why did you ask? just wnat to make sure you didn't get screwed?....
I think there is no way around and you have to remove the tranny and the t-case to get to the rls bearing... I don't know any other way.. but I'm not a mechanic.
Mud is evil ..you see if you like mud and do lots of it... This sport will start being expensive. The Mud around Mclean is the worst. It's so fine that it gets everywhere.
Mud is evil... and boring