Application Notes:
 

pinion gear


is usually the smallest gear in a gear drive train. In many cases, is composed of harder material than the bull gear.

The term is also commonly used to describe the smaller gear that drives in a 90-degree angle towards a crown gear in a differential drive.

 

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