First off, I want to thank anybody in advance for their input. A few days ago I noticed an oil leak coming from the clutch cover of my 2007 Honda CBR1000RR. This cover is sealed with liquid gasket, so I took the cover off and removed the liquid gasket. What I used to remove the gasket material has me concerned though. I used some grey ultra fine scotchbrite to clean the gasket surfaces on the case and cover. Now apparently if you even say scotchbrite in front of your engine it will throw a rod within 10k miles. Seriously though, I thought I was pretty careful. On the case side I followed closely behind the scotchbrite pad with a microfiber towel in my other hand (I held the rag in one hand and scotchbrite in the other so that the rag was covering the area directly below the mating surface I was cleaning). On the cover I just sprayed it out with brake clean and wiped it well with a rag when I was done. After I put everything back together, I tipped the bike over so that oil sloshed into the cover side and hopefully took any particles with it (there is a big opening directly from the oil pan to the clutch cover area I was working in). I then drained that oil and used fresh oil and a filter. The way this engine is designed, any abrasive particles would need to drain into the oil pan, go through the pickup, and through the oil filter before they go to literally anywhere else in the engine. I know that scotchbrite should never be used near an engine, and if I could go back in time I wouldn’t use it. But now I’m just trying to mitigate the risk of engine damage. Does it sound like I did a good job of risk mitigation so far? Should I do anything else? Should I stop being so paranoid? See a psychologist? Open to suggestions lol 
