So I made a few discoveries today. First since the pinion seal had been leaking I wanted to pull my driveshaft to check the pinion bearing slop. Well since it had leaked the u joint bolts has grime and no rust! That was awesome easy to unbolt. I can't feel any up.down or side to side movement but there is like a backlash movement rotating clockwise and counterclockwise, hard to tell how much since its so easy to spin now without the trans attached in neutral. Which leads to next question.
In neutral there was a lot of drag trying to spin the tires by hand. Is this normalish or is it real bad?
Next when I removed the diff cover I was happy to see gear oil pouring out. Guesstimate about a quart but didn't measure it.
I found no evidence of water or any damage or abnormal colors on the ring gear teeth
There was some extra thick greasy oily substance at the bottom of the diff but i found zero metal chunks or particles.
I can't see the pinion well enough to check for visual damage or id markings but I do count 37 teeth on the ring gear and again no visible id markings except one strange one.
Is it safe to assume I have a 336 ratio?
What the heck kind of nameless no marking posi chuck do i have?
And last but not least I found a great present in the trunk. A complete set of front windshield chrome trim i had no idea i had . And its definitely nice enough for a driver