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OK all you FD hot shots please give me your opinion so I can either sleep well or cry myself to sleep tonight. I have an 07 LT with 15,788 miles. I bought it from the original owner with 1100 miles. I have had all the required Factory services done. At 12,757 miles had the 12,000 mile service done and now that I have put 3000 miles on I did a oil, filter and FD oil change. After reading as many FD threads as possible I very carefully drained and inspected the drain plug and lube color. The dealer put some kind of red colored lube in the FD. It came out pretty clear with a very very slight cloudiness. I even strained it through paper towels to see if any shiny particles showed up and nothing. But when I checked the magnet on the drain plug it had grey fuzz on it, enough that you could not see the shape of the round magnet in the plug. I then took solvent and washed all the fuzz into a glass container and I saw a piece of shinny metal so I put my finger on it and it stuck to my finger. I then took a magnet and it jumped to the magnet. it was not a flake but looked more jagged. I found no other similar pieces or shinny flakes but there did appears to be some very small amount of aluminum flakes mixed in with the grey fuzz as these were not attracted to the magnet. Does anyone have pictures of the drain plug with fuzz and metal so I can compare . I filled the FD with Castrol 80/90 gear lube. Should I check it sooner than 3000 miles. Any advice is appreciated.