Re: Metal Shaving\'s?
All manual tranny's will have a small amount of metal in the tranny after many thousands of miles--every time you grind a gear,like when you shift into granny low or reverse,a little bit of the gear teeth chip off,and they have to go somewhere--hopefully to the bottom of the case,and some tranny's have magnetic drain plugs(or you can buy one aftermarket)to hold any steel particles out of the bearings and gears. What kind of metal did it look like??--Silver flakes are from steel,brass or copper colered ones come from the synchro's and bushings--steel is much more harmful than the brass--it will grind up the bearings in short order if you leave that "grinding compound"in it for long--I'd drain the gear oil out and fill it with diesel fuel and run it at idle in neutral for a few minites and drain it again,then re-fill it with fresh gear oil--and maybe get a magnetic drain plug for it.You'll know if its too late if you hear bearings getting noisy in neutral with the clutch engaged,or the tranny shifts hard or grinds when shifting(syncro's are worn).I've used STP gear oil treatment or Motor Medic in noisy tranny's in big trucks like C-60's,it seems to work very good--also that Lucas treatment is good stuff too. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
