Now for the not so great news, I think the pinion bearing may be smoked.

I screwed up and didn’t put enough gear oil in it for the LPW cover. It had 2 quarts and really needed a little more than 3. I have been super gentle on it during the break in period and would drive it 20-30 miles at a time then let it cool down. The oil smelled fine when I checked yesterday, and I refilled to the correct amount today, but it’s doing this weird binding on turns now only on power, has a high speed vibration, and the pinion seal is leaking. I have maybe 200 miles on it.

Going to pull the cover tomorrow to see if anything looks to be exposed to excessive heat, the wear pattern, and also check to see if there is any vertical/horizontal play in the pinion. I had worked through everything on my list the car needed by Saturday night, thought it was 100% ready, and am really kicking myself for this one.