4.56 gears making noise

BiggRiggs

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2004 X with Dana 30&35, fresh NV3550 and fresh transfer case. In December 2020 I had my crappy 3.07 gears swapped out for Motive 4.56 gears and TrueTrac locker in rear. In late February I had to drive back and forth to work in snow (4HI at about 40mph). The following week I got a front differential whining that starts about 25mph and get worse the faster I go. It only makes the noise on acceleration and goes away when I push the clutch in or let off the accelerator. I’m planning on taking it back by the shop today but would like some information going in.
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Did you follow the break in procedure with your new gears and change the fluid after 500 miles?
 
Yeah, zero towing and only wheeling was when it snowed I used it to just get around. The snow came after the gears had about 2500 miles on them.