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This happened to me about a year ago! Drove me batty trying to figure it out. I found those same pieces, but mine were in the C6 bellhousing area. I finally settled on the assesment that they had come from the starter. I cant remember what had convinced me though...
but with the presence of the pins, most likely bendix guts...as seen in the pic above...
Looks like bendix (starter drive) guts to me as well.
Brush springs are unlikely since they are located in the rear of the starter and would be unable to get past the armature to the drive end.
I'm glad that there's a plausible explanation, because all I could come up with was that radioactive squirrels stashed them there, and I know that's not right...
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