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Clutch meaning
To seize, as though with claws. | To grip or grasp tightly. | To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
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Motorcycles A basket clutch Motorcycles typically employ a wet clutch with the clutch riding in the same oil as the transmission.
Since the surfaces of a wet clutch can be slippery (as with a motorcycle clutch bathed in engine oil), stacking multiple clutch discs can compensate for the lower coefficient of friction and so eliminate slippage under power when fully engaged.
The Hele-Shaw clutch was a wet clutch that relied entirely on viscous effects, rather than on friction. citation A dry clutch, as the name implies, is not bathed in liquid and uses friction to engage.
This clutch system employs centrifugal force to automatically engage the clutch when the engine rpm rises above a threshold and to automatically disengage the clutch when the engine rpm falls low enough.
Obviously, you engage the clutch when it's time to shift gears, and much like the shifter, the clutch is a very sensitive piece of equipment that responds to even minute changes in pressure.
The lever will still move even if the clutch isn't pressed down, albeit with much more resistance, and once you realize this, you might start forgoing the clutch entirely.
Camel Clutch, Cobra Clutch -- whatever "C"-animal it was, it hurt.
He made clutch free throw after clutch free throw and finished the night a perfect 11-of-11 from the stripe.
The DSG—also known as the dual-clutch or twin-clutch transmission—system is a hell of a lot different.
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A single one of these clutch plates (as designed) can not hold more than a fraction of the power of the engine, so the driver starts with only the first clutch engaged.
Centrifugal clutch A centrifugal clutch is used in some vehicles (e.
Clutch The standard clutch uses a knurled collar partially threaded below the cymbal and a pair of knurled rings above it.
However, raising the engine speed too high while engaging the clutch causes excessive clutch plate wear.
In a modern car with a manual transmission the clutch is operated by the left-most pedal using a hydraulic or cable connection from the pedal to the clutch mechanism.
Multiple plate clutch This type of clutch has several driving members interleaved or "stacked" with several driven members.
The clutch is pressed to the floor only to allow smooth engagement of low gears when starting from a full stop; when the truck is moving, the clutch pedal is pressed only far enough to break torque for gear changes.
The dry clutch eliminates the power loss from oil viscosity drag on the engine, even though the engagement may not be as smooth as the oil-bath versions, but the clutch plates can wear more rapidly.
The system involves a clutch shoe or shoes attached to the driven shaft, rotating inside a clutch bell attached to the output shaft.
The typical clutch size varies by species; some of the very large and very small species lay as few as two eggs per clutch, whereas others may lay 10 eggs, the typical is around three to six eggs.