Blue 66,I'll email you about what you said.
Racecarl,Yeah its really noisy when accelerating, quiet when coasting or cruising. But over 40 mph the rear end howls while cruising also.No roaring noise as in bad bearings, but a really loud howl that is for sure coming from the differential.The gear oil I drained out was black and not much of it.I'm thinking the gears may be toasted due to a lubrication failure.I got an old manual laying around here somewhere with lots of gear pattern pictures.GM sells a gear pattern paint that's really shows the tooth contact, just like in the books.