A clean break indicates a sudden shockload failure - Gear defects

A clean break indicates a sudden shockload failure - Gear defects - Other defects

Figure 1: A clean break indicates a sudden shockload failure.

Defect name: Wear
Record No.: 2133
Type of defect (Internal/Surface): Surface
Defect classification: Gear defects, other defects
Steel name: Steel
Steel composition in weight %: No data.
Note: As the hardened gear teeth surfaces begin to wear away, failures arise. A sudden shockload failure shows clean break lines (see Figure 1).
Reference: Some common transmission complaints, Website www2.dana.com/pdf/failanal.pdf, 2016, pp. 1-16.