Metal Shavings

[jaxonawain]

Hi! 2022 Gladiator - Rubicon with a manual transmission here. I was just changing the transmission fluid, and noticed maybe 2-3 metal chunks in on my drain plug. I know it's normal to have a fine powder, and sometimes concerning to have chunks. The chunks were no larger than a grain of sand, and I'm almost positive it was from a bad shift. If I know that I ground some gears recently (I drive it pretty hard, and was down in sand hollow for a week), is it safe to say that the transmission (as long as I'm not grinding gears anymore) is OK? and I shouldn't have to take it in? It drives fine, I'm just more worried about some sort of catastrophic failure on a trail.

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[Osteodoc08]

Pics?

could be from any number of things. I would think benign if driving normal.

 

[Minty JL]

If its not whining or grinding during shifts your "should" be fine.

Maybe run it for another 30 days and do the fluid again for piece of mind

 

[Lunentucker]

A grain of sand isn't a chunk.
Here's a chunk

 

[kevman65]

A grain of sand isn't a chunk.
Here's a chunk

If I found that "Chunk" in my drain pan, I'd burn the JT and the garage I was in to the ground.

 

[Cburd61]

If I found that "Chunk" in my drain pan, I'd burn the JT and the garage I was in to the ground.

The problem is, somebody, somewhere, thinks she’s the hottest thing on this planet.

 

[kevman65]

The problem is, somebody, somewhere, thinks she’s the hottest thing on this planet.

Yeah, but they're blind and deaf and stuck in a fish market......

 

[Cburd61]

Yeah, but they're blind and deaf and stuck in a fish market......

Did you see the one where she ambushed Tom Selleck about firearms? I thought, you idiot! That’s Quigley! He can take you out from a mile away!

 

[whysoserious]

The problem is, somebody, somewhere, thinks she’s the hottest thing on this planet.

 

[Stan H]

The problem is, somebody, somewhere, thinks she’s the hottest thing on this planet.

That is the saddest thing I read in years?

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