'89 Suburban trans. pan observation

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Anyone else have this problem with their '89 suburban - when I just want to do a simple transmission fluid change, I can't remove the trans. pan without first removing a crossmember support that the trans. sits on. And of course I first have to support the trans. before I can remove the cross member. I have tried each time to wiggle the back(aft) edge of the trans. pan past the cross member, but always end up removing the cross member to get it out of the way. Is this what everyone else has to do or is it just me? Thanks for any insight.