Ok so I yanked the motor left the tranny in (btw, I hate long tube headers, they're gonna be a bitch to put back in)

There's definately shit jammed in there. I can't even get the gear out to see wtf it is that's jammed in there. All I know is I can see something where it shouldn't be. I'm curious as to how it got past the oil pickup screen because this part is way larger than what could POSSIBLY pass through the screen.

Oh well, atleast I got results after all the work of pulling it out. Gonna throw in a high vol OP and a new shaft (this time WITH the collar on it).