Last year i had a gear wine and the trans kept grinding more and shifting harder, this is mainly what led me to think i broke the trans. the FUBAR pilot bushing now replaced with the correct bearing has made the trans butter, but the gear wine was still there and maybe getting worse.
last night i changed the rear diff fluid, ended up pulling the 3rd cuz the fluid look bad. sure enough, found my noise! taking it to be rebuilt tonight at Appalachian off road.