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Re: Fine metal
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 5/1/2026

This started in 2000 with GM truck front diffs. Every first timer always had an alarming amount of metal on the drain plug magnet, usually big enough to cause drag on the way out of its hole. To be fair, most lived a long uneventful life.

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