now i'm feelin it
actually there is gear oil in there but from the pieces breaking in there and metal grinding it mixed to make it a silver color. you're right though in those pics it they do look sand blasted. i ran it like that not knowing there was such a severe problem, its been making a funny noise but i couldn't pinpoint what was causing it, we were up in the trails behind my place and started making a serious grinding noise and we turned around and headed back. i originally thought it was something with the forward/reverse gear once i started ripping it apart my buddy noticed the hole and it was down hill from there. i'll try to give tom a call tomorrow see what he thinks