The ring gear is bolted to the differential and the pinion gear is inside this assembly with its shaft exiting the housing to mate with the driveshaft yoke. Always replace a ring-and-pinion as a set; they are manufactured and lapped to each other as a matching set.
Those pictures were taken over the course of a few days. You can pretty much watch this happen. But now it will take another two months or so, depending on the temperature, for the fruit to fill out and finally ripen. A banana plant takes about 9 months to grow up and produce a bunch of bananas. Then the mother plant dies. But around the base of it are many suckers, little baby plants. At the base of a banana plant, under the ground, is a big rhizome, called the corm. The corm has growing points and they turn into new suckers.
1) In a bunch: takes about 24-48 hours to ripen. 1  2) Place in warm places: takes about 24-48 hours to ripen. 2  3) In a paper bag: takes about 12-24 hours to ripen. 3  4) In the oven: about 30-50 minutes to ripen. 4  5) In the microwave: 30 seconds-2 minutes to ripen. Take a fork or sharp knife and completely poke through the skin of the peel a couple of times on all sides. Place the banana in the microwave for 30 seconds. Let cool slightly and check if desired softness is met. If not, microwave for an additional 30 seconds.