ANSWER 10.

The process is called lubriding and is a hot dip molybdenum disulphide coating to aid bed-in at initial start. The shaft lobes take on a dark gray appearance. The down side of this process for an assembler is that the lobe finish is disguised to a point where chatter or poor finish can be missed.

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