It's a rather small amount of shavings and they are all stuck in between the threads (and my grease) in the middle of the threads so I feel like its okay. I'm pretty sure its still grinding a little and generates some shavings as it moves in and out. (it would not completely stop having some amount of shavings between the threads when I took the plug out. Repeat from #9 until the inside of the oil pan threads and the threads on the plug are clean.Let engine drain, clean plug, clean inside of the threads of the oil pan (i used a small towel and jammed a small part of it in and threaded it out.Poured 1-2 quarts of oil in the top and took the oil plug out from the bottom.It became significantly easier to put the plug in now. Repeat a few times until the amount of shavings between the threads on the plug are minute. Re-greased and threaded the plug in, took it out, and cleaned it.Got to where the rubber gasket touched the oil pan, took out the plug and cleaned it.Once I got past the middle, at some point I started to feel a lot of pressure, and was forced to switch to my breaker bar.Repeat #4 until I felt some pressure increase and then I took the plug out all the way, cleaned all the shavings off, re-grease the threads, and started ratcheting again (#4).I ratcheted twice (~I used an oversize "self-tapping" plug, put a glob of heavier grease all over the threads (i used silicone-based) and started tapping it into my oil pan with a smaller ratchet.I was stubborn and did not want to buy the tap nor take the pan off the car. One big difference though: Instead of using a tap, I used my oversize plug. I pretty much took in all the advice you guys gave me (and from elsewhere too) and went ahead with the procedure with the oil pan still on the car.
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