General information

Clutch / General information

All vehicles are fitted with a cable-operated, single dry plate clutch system. The layout of the clutch components is conventional; the flywheel is bolted to a flange on the crankshaft, the pressure plate bolted to the flywheel with the driven plate sandwiched between the two.

The release bearing slides on a guide sleeve, over the transmission input shaft.

When the clutch pedal is depressed, effort is transmitted to the clutch release lever and shaft by means of a self-adjusting cable. The release shaft rotates against a return spring and pushes the release bearing into contact with the centre of the pressure plate diaphragm spring. This action causes the friction surface of the pressure plate to withdraw from the flywheel, releasing the driven plate and disconnecting the drive to the transmission input shaft.

Removal of the clutch driven plate, pressure plate and release bearing can be carried out after removing the transmission, leaving the engine in situ.