update: pulled the trans trans today and cracked the case. I have to say I'm very disappointed, I was hoping to see something catastrophically wrong with it but unfortunately I didn't see anything I thought was too crazy. I'll admit though I have no idea what im looking at so i took a few pics, gonna include them here maybe you guys have some ideas.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-8g...ew?usp=sharing
First gear^ besides reverse this gear has given me the most trouble by far. you can't see the synchro in the pic but the teeth on it look alright, similar to the other gears.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YNi...ew?usp=sharing
second gear^. out of all the synchros this one looked the most ragged.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gG2...ew?usp=sharing
reverse^ apparently reverse does have a synchro. You can see the teeth on the gear here are pretty messed up. explains why it always grinds in.
Thats all I got for pics atm, if anyone wants me to post more im happy to share. gonna check out my clutch again tomorrow