Method for producing steel member

A method for producing a steel member, the method comprising:

• carburizing the steel member until a carbon concentration becomes higher than a eutectoid composition while heating the steel member to a temperature higher than an austenite transformation completion temperature to be austenitized;
• pearlitizing austenite formed in the carburizing of the steel member, by cooling the steel member to a temperature lower than an austenite transformation start temperature and higher than a nose temperature of an isothermal transformation curve;
• and
• performing quenching by reheating the steel member to a temperature higher than the austenite transformation completion temperature and rapidly cooling the steel member after the pearlitizing of the austenite,
• wherein the pearlitizing of the austenite includes
• performing a first pearlite precipitation treatment of cooling the steel member to a first temperature lower than the austenite transformation start temperature and higher than 680° C. and holding the steel member at the first temperature to pearlitize a part of the austenite formed in the carburizing of the steel member, and
• performing a second pearlite precipitation treatment of further cooling the steel member to a second temperature equal to or lower than 680° C. and higher than the nose temperature and holding the steel member at the second temperature to pearlitize the austenite retained in the first pearlite precipitation treatment.