The invention relates to a sub-temperature 
carburizing heat treatment method for reducing heat treatment deformation of a thin-wall gear. The method comprises the following steps of S1, pre-sub-temperature normalizing; S2, 
slow speed shot blasting; S3, sub-temperature carburization, specifically, gradient heating is adopted to a sub-temperature 
carburizing temperature, a two-stage 
carburizing method is adopted in the sub-temperature carburizing process, the first stage is a strong carburizing stage, and the second stage is a 
diffusion stage; S4, gradient 
slow cooling quenching, specifically, firstly, gradient 
slow cooling is carried out on a carburized thin-wall gear 
forging to 840-860 DEG C, heat preservation is carried out for about 1h, then the 
slow cooling is continuously carried out to 815-825 DEG C, the heat preservation is carried out for about 1h, the 
carbon potential in the furnace is controlled to be 0.5-0.05%, and then 
quenching is carried out in a 
polyvinyl alcohol solution; and S5, low-temperature 
tempering. According to the method, the deformation degree of a gear workpiece can be greatly reduced, the production qualification rate can be obviously improved, meanwhile,
crystal grains can be effectively refined, the 
hardness and strength of a gear can be improved, the service life of the gear can be obviously prolonged, and in addition, the refined 
crystal grains can obviously improve the carburizing speed, reduce the 
process time and reduce the 
energy consumption.