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Originally Posted by 4RExplorer
So I did a drain and fill today to try to find the plastic bits. Unfortunately, none came out during the drain, and I didn't see any shards of black plastic in the oil. I poked around inside the housing with a long ziptie for awhile, through both the drain hole and the fill hole, but could not tell definitively if there was any plastic piece inside. It's a little hard to maneuver the ziptie inside the housing, so the plastic bit might have been hiding some place that I couldn't reach.
I don't think the plastic would just dissolve in the gear oil, even if it was shredded by the gears first. I will just drive it and see if any problems develop.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
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The plastic won't dissolve in gear oil, otherwise it would have dissolved in the presence of the gear oil in the package.
However, the plastic is much softer that anything it will come in contact with in the axle, so I wouldn't worry yourself over it.