Metal particles in A999 transmission

Jax said

Dropped my JVX A999 trasmission, and found these metal particles.

What can be going on inside the transmission? The metal pieces are kind of fine and sharp... can they be pieces of the torque converte blades?

Fyi.. my trans has a trans brake and manual valve body

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A small amount of metal in a toughly used trans is fairly normal due to bushings flaking.
What you don’t want is pieces that a magnet picks up.
Some don’t think much about the converter though.
Anything that can go through the filter and pump also gets pumped through the converter.
Since the converter spins like it does it throws any particles to the outside packing it there.

If that large piece is really thin, it’s probably a flake off a bushing.
If a magnet doesn’t pick it up, then it’s definitely bushing.
Usually not disastrous, but a forewarning.
(Usually)

So if a magnet picks up chunks you have a real immediate problem.
If not, then not so much.