The present invention is a bearing track member that comprises a shaft section that comprises a first portion and a second portion. A first steel material is used as a material of the first portion, a second steel material is used as a material of the second portion, and the
alloy composition of the first steel material differs from the
alloy composition of the second steel material. The first portion has a bearing portion that has a track, and the second portion has a
power transmission portion that has teeth. The first portion has a first surface hardened layer, disposed along an outer
peripheral surface of the first portion, and a first inner section, and the average
hardness of the first surface hardened layer is greater than the average
hardness of the first inner section. The second portion has a second surface hardened layer, disposed along an outer
peripheral surface of the second portion, and a second inner section, and the average
hardness of the second surface hardened layer is greater than the average hardness of the second inner section. The first surface hardened layer and the second surface hardened layer are each a carburized layer or a carbonitrited layer, and the first surface hardened layer and the second surface hardened layer are connected. The combination of the first steel material and the second steel material is at least one of the following first through fourth combinations. The first combination is a combination in which the first steel material and the second steel material each include at least one of
manganese,
nickel,
chromium, and
molybdenum, the total
manganese,
nickel,
chromium, and
molybdenum content of the first steel material being greater than 1.5 times the total
manganese,
nickel,
chromium, and
molybdenum content of the second steel material. The second combination is a combination in which the first steel material and the second steel material each include
silicon, the
silicon content of the first steel material being less than the
silicon content of the second steel material. The third combination is a combination in which the first steel material includes either no chromium or no more than 1.6% by
mass of chromium and includes either no
niobium or no more than 0.01% by
mass of
niobium, and the second steel material includes at least 1.0% by
mass and no more than 2.5% by mass of chromium and includes at least 0.02% by mass and no more than 0.10% by mass of
niobium. The fourth combination is a combination in which the first steel material includes at least 0.001% by mass and no more than 0.050% by mass of
nitrogen, includes either no
boron or no more than 0.001% by mass of
boron, and includes either no
titanium or 0.003% by mass of
titanium, and the second steel material includes at least 0.001% by mass and no more than 0.050% by mass of
nitrogen, includes at least 0.001% by mass and no more than 0.005% by mass of
boron, and includes at least 0.01% by mass and no more than 0.08% by mass of
titanium.