As an indispensable part of a manual transmission car, the clutch acts as an intermediary to separate and transmit engine power. The torque transmitted by the car engine is not large, and other components need to be continuously enlarged. The transmission is one of them, and the clutch plays the role of transmitting and ending the power of the engine. It is one of the very important components, but compared with the engine and the transmission, the clutch It is also a particularly vulnerable component, among which the clutch plate is particularly prone to wear.
Why do clutch plates get worn out? This is not to say that the material of the clutch plate is not good. Compared with the damage to the engine and transmission, it must be that the clutch plate is worn and better to replace, and the maintenance cost is also cheaper.
Here is a brief talk about the working principle of the clutch?
The clutch is simply composed of a clutch plate and a pressure plate, with a diaphragm spring in the middle of the pressure plate. We usually say that the material of the clutch plate is a kind of anti-wear material. Don't ask about it. The clutch plate is close to the flywheel of the engine and rotates with the flywheel to form static friction. Such friction will not damage the clutch plate. , At this time, the clutch is in a completely released state, and the engine power can be completely transmitted to the transmission. When we step on the clutch, the diaphragm spring moves, and the clutch plate is separated from the flywheel. At this time, the engine power is not transmitted to the transmission. disconnected state. If the clutch pedal is lifted to the half linkage point, then the clutch and the flywheel are in a state of sliding friction, one rotates fast, the other rotates slowly, and the long-term semi-linkage will wear out the clutch.
Although the clutch plate is very thin, the clutch plate and the flywheel are in the same speed state during the normal driving of the car, and there will be no wear at all. The clutch will only be used when shifting gears, or the clutch half-linked The clutch is also used at times. We all know that two objects that are moving relative to each other are equivalent to a static state when viewed from the other side. There is no force at all in a static state, and the design of the clutch plate to withstand the torque is greater than that of the engine. Everyone do not worry.