I've never had any major problems with it. If you go in through the passenger side and the entire dash is removed it's pretty easy. Slip it in front console side first, angle it downwards, wiggle it in, then eventually you'll get it to sit roughly in it's place. Just make sure everything that slips underneath it is sorted and placed where it's supposed to. I can pull it out along with the entire dash in less than an hour, and put it back together just as quick if not quicker.
The biggest thing to remember is never pull or push it in the area "past" (as in behind) the shifter surround area. That is the relative weak point of the skeleton. If you have to do any forcing or wiggling, try to do it on the actual front console portion of the skeleton. Get that squared up, and then gently get everything else sorted out.
