Question about what I found in my gear box oil

[hughes]

Hey guy's,

I have three rides on my engine after the complete rebuild. I have changed the oil twice already. I have found metal debri in the oil. I installed new clutch kit with steel plates. I was using alumn. plates before. Is this debri coming from the steel plates? The gear box shifts fine and there was not really any wear on the trans gears. I know some of ya'll are using the magent drain plugs and are ya'll catching any debri on it? I guess if I order a magnet drain my issue would be resolved. What ya'll think

[Spider]

Hughes small particles more like a paste than anything else just wear. Shards or particles as large as sand is no good.

[hughes]

What I found was small small flakes of metal. At this point am unsure if it was steel or alumn. I'll investigate later.

[Spider]

That may not be bad, if they were small, flat, and shiny it could be plating from bearing or other hard parts. I had a similar experence with a new rearend put in a heavy truck. After a breakin oil change I didn't get any more. I swear by magnetic plugs!!

Edit: After reading the top I may be comparing apples to oranges.    Maybe change the oil and check the mag during the next ride--but I'm sure you already knew that. 

Edit#2 If it stuck to the magnet its not aluminum

Good luck
Dale

[John]

Could it be shards from the clutch basket when your new steel clutch plates are wearing in..?

[hughes]

Good info guys. I will know more this weekend. Thanks

[gowen]

My guess is on the steel plates, my oil tends to be a little grey at first after some fresh steel plates..