{"id":694,"date":"2024-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T23:00:00","slug":"how-a-car-clutch-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/how-a-car-clutch-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Car Clutch Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">As part of the \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/micksgarage.blogspot.ie\/search\/label\/Product%20Insights\">Product Insights<\/a>\u2019 section of the blog we will be writing regular \u201csemi-technical\u201d articles on various car parts. Today\u2019s post is about clutches. Generally the clutch you find in a car is made up of three core components, a clutch disc, pressure plate and release bearing. At its most basic level, the clutch is used to transfer the rotation of the engine into rotation of the wheels.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oAnOZpHhnT4\/T_WVhjH8VzI\/AAAAAAAAAK4\/5h9dGJ6avCc\/s1600\/car-clutch.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"272\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oAnOZpHhnT4\/T_WVhjH8VzI\/AAAAAAAAAK4\/5h9dGJ6avCc\/s320\/car-clutch.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">When the car is turned on, the engine spins continuously and if the clutch pedal inside the car is depressed the clutch disc is pinned against the engine (specifically the engine\u2019s flywheel). When the clutch pedal is pressed a fork inside the gearbox moves the release bearing against the pressure plate which releases the clutch disc allowing you to change gear. When engaged the clutch spin will transfer through the gearbox, onto the&nbsp;drive-shafts&nbsp;and eventually turn the wheels.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">The friction material on the clutch disc wears down over time and the clutch will start to slip. The \u201cslipping\u201d is caused by the disc\u2019s material wearing down and the inability to grip the flywheel. When the car is driving the engine speed (RPM) will increase rapidly but the car will accelerate very slowly. Unfortunately there is no simple solution for this and the clutch will have to be changed. Generally it is recommended to purchase a full clutch kit and replace all three of the core components.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">The below video from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howstuffworks.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HowStuffWorks<\/a>&nbsp;explains it all pretty well:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object width=\"320\" height=\"266\" class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/2.gvt0.com\/vi\/grp-virt7vI\/0.jpg\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/grp-virt7vI&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/grp-virt7vI&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Clutch and transmission system parts are available from&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micksgarage.com\/transmission-parts\/\">https:\/\/www.micksgarage.com\/transmission-parts\/<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a Car Clutch Works<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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