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Engineering Failure Analysis 13 (2006) 1422–1428 /locate/engfailanal Failure analysis of an automobile differential pinion shaft H. Bayrakceken * Afyon Kocatepe University, Technical Education Faculty, 03200 Afyon, Turkey Received 8 July 2005; accepted 14 July 2005 Available online 2 September 2005 Abstract Differential is used to decrease the speed and to provide moment increase for transmitting the movement coming from the engine to the wheels by turning it according to the suitable angle in vehicles and to provide that inner and outer wheels turn differently. Pinion gear and shaft at the entrance are manufactured as a single part whereas they are in different forms according to automobile types. Mirror gear which will work with this gear should become familiar before the assembly. In case of any breakdown, they should be changed as a pair. Generally, in these systems there are wear damages in gears. The gear inspected in this study has damage as a form of shaft fracture. In this study, failure analysis of the differential pinion shaft is carried out. Mechanical characteristics of the material are obtained first. Then, the microstructure and chemical compositions are determined. Some fractographic studies are carried out to asses the fatigue and fracture conditions. 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Differential; Fracture; Power transfer; Pinion shaft 1. Introduction The final-drive gears may be directly or indirectly driven from the output gearing of the gearbox. Di- rectly driven final drives are used when the engine and transmission units are combined together to form an integral