More AW4 Problems...

So started out last month I went to browns camp for a day trip with bmikes. Well wheeled all day no problems(that I noticed) and I made it home that Saturday evening and I had planned to take my jeep to the beach that Sunday well fired it up left the house didn't make it to the end of the road and all hell broke loose. So that being said anyone ever had anything break inside a torque converter before? I have a 97 Cherokee sport and low and behold the aw4 23 spline went out completely, it wouldn't shift at all. And it had a noise that sounded like a bolt was bouncing around in it. So after checking the flexplate making sure those bolts were tight and checking the shift solenoids and making sure those were getting the right resistance I decided to swap the trans, so I put the new one in and took it out for the test drive everything was fine. Shifted super smooth but after about the first few mins I'm assuming after the fluid warmed up that sound came back( I swear it sounds like a bolt). It only makes that noise when its in D,3,1-2. When its in P or N there's no noise whatsoever. Its driving me nuts. Any input is appreciated.

does it do in reverse? transfer case input bearing perhaps

Sorry yea does it in reverse as well.. Its got me baffled. Ill definitely check the transfer case input bearing though. Definitely haven't checked it yet.

But then again that really doesn't make sense cause it makes that same noise if I'm at a complete stop. But in one of those gears.

did you put the same torque converter in with the newer trans?

Yea I did, which I learned the hard way is a no no. After looking around it some more last night I'm feeling that I'm gonna have to drop the trans again and put a new torque converter in it.

Brightside is youll be a master at R&R the trans

Something came apart in the converter would be my guess, might have had something to do with the other trans going tango uniform....

Lol yea I'll have some good experience by the end of all of this.

That's for the input from the both of y'all. I appreciate it.