Using a disc machine and conditions generally relevant to gearing the effect of sliding on the pitting of a relatively soft 0·3 per cent carbon steel has been investigated. It is concluded that the magnitude of sliding has little effect in the region where pitting normally occurs and that the reluctance to pit under positive sliding is due to failure of the oil pressure propagation mechanism. The very occasional appearance of a pit in the addendum of gears is examined.
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