Atrus_SS

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Hey guys -

2000 SS M6. Has 70k on it. I have no history on the car, so I have no clue the last time, if ever, this thing was cracked open.

Dropped the cover today to change the fluid....how does this look to you all? I know some shavings are normal, but I don't know how to quantify "some":

Magnet, didn't touch this at all. None of them look like chunks - all shavings.





Lube looked good to me, light in color. Wonder if it was changed semi-recently? I didn't see any evidence on the cover, looked it it was never touched, or at least not touched for a long time.

Carl at CRP

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Looks fine for 70K miles, as long as all the metal is fine (no chunks) and not excessive which Your pic is ok just clean it up.

Carl

Atrus_SS

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Cool, thanks for reassuring me. No chunks, got it all cleaned back up and refilled. The ring gear looked to be in great shape, didn't see any excessive wear/chips on the other gears (not like I could see much anyway) so hopefully this 10 bolt wasn't heavily abused before I bought it!

ROCNDAV

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Is it more like glitter? If so, it could be one of your axles or axle bearings that are causing that.

Chevyguy2001

I changed mine out last night and the were only a few shavings on the magnet. Way less than what was on that magnet above.

slow ride 02

It's fine. Dont sweat it.

ROCNDAV

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wow, what a difference looking at this from home.

I didnt know the OP posted pics.

My office blocks photobucket and similar sites.

Grimes

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I did mine at 100k, and it had more metal than yours, and a piece of a tooth. I'm at 146k now...still holding together, lol.