This is the gear set in my 93 viper's Dana 44.
If you go here it gives all the details:
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...76#post1604576
Basically, there was 200X the amount of iron in the fluid than should have been there indicating something getting chewed up. There is what sounds like a bearing cage issue in the pinion bearing - I can hear a "tinkling" like a loose roller in a broken cage.
What do you think of this pattern?