How a clutch works! (Animation) 

Martin Musale Thanks alot :)

+RulerL0rd The Crying Boy is a mass-produced print of a painting by Italian painter Giovanni Bragolin.

@@Agret what did you use to make these animations ?

Thanks to you for your comment :)

I agree :) Good work!

Indra Aziz Kia,was,,w

Indra Aziz bambam

Oh

True.

@@draxus1266 please explain to me I am not understanding when friction takes place and how the power is stopped and what happens when the diaphragm is moved inwards toward the clutch

Still it's not showing how the clutch works when engaged

taotoo2 …

taotoo2 can’t imagine how many years it would take you to understand a torque converter.

+Jonathan sauder No, never ;)

+Thomas Schwenke dafaq

+Thomas Schwenke wut?

When you press on the clutch.. Are you engaging or disengaging?

given the terminology in this video, the clutch is "disengaged" (friction surfaces separated) when you press the clutch pedal.

Bob Duncan Hi, that's great to hear :)

Thomas Schwenke hello i just want to say this is great vid and its very clear :) i would ask you if u can make vid about how double clutch is working like DSG-PDK-DCT sorry for bad English ,

i'm on the same path as you are dude ... all the best 👍👍

+Thomas Schwenke and bro your videos are just amazing ... gud job

This has nothing to do with mechanical engineering.

Great to hear that. Thank you too for your great feedback!

D Beason Great to hear that :)

Thank you :)

You're great.

what a reference XD

10/10

Here's the 411 folks.

Lol well done. I've been trying to think for ages where I've heard fly wheel before.

This is called the wagon wheel effect: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon-wheel_effect

Vincent Aventurado its an optical illusion

Vincent Aventurado a grankshoft teeth is 26, then camshoft howmany teeth have sir?

I doesn't look like a strobe effect , it seems they are counter rotating

Dry clutches are common some old harleys, and custom harleys. Factory clutches from harley are all wet. High performance and drag clutches are dry.

Thank you very much :)

Me glad you learned good.

Oden Shepherd do you guys even ENGLISH?

+Kiddeath921 obviously sarcasm.

Oden Shepherd lol

I would like to know the answers to the exact same questions. curious mechanism. you would think there would be a more stable way of securing the two to ensure 100% power transmission with no slipping. although, the coefficient of friction is probably so massive, considering the tension, the material and the surface area, i would imagine that slippage would be very, very minimal

There is a good bit of slipping at high rpm's i don't know if this has anything to do your question,but when i shift and their is a little bit of slip i just double clutch. This usually only happens at high rpms and with not the best clutches.

the material that the clutch is made out of is mean't to be extremely hard to slip so that is a big factor right there, additionally the clutch is pressed against the flywheel with a couple hundred pounds of pressure and then racing or heavy duty vehicles can have multiple clutches, 2 or 3 which are already of much higher specification than the ones which would come in a very basic car. another thing is it has springs so it is not completely rigid, that means an abrupt force can be absorbed by the springs rather then causing the clutch to slip. even with all that said I'm still impressed that this clutch system works with virtually no slipping, it really is a huge amount of force.

If your foot isn't touching the clutch pedal the flywheel and clutch are turning the same rpm. Otherwise you need a new clutch. When you are pushing the clutch there is slippage while the two synchronize speeds

affilinet When there is slip, it is in a condition known as "kinetic friction," meaning the two surfaces are moving relative to one another. As you disengage the clutch in gear with the intent of moving forward, the engine torque and vehicle mass exert increasing force on each other until the driveshaft speed matches the engine and the clutch surfaces enter a state of "static friction," where they are not moving relative to the other. Breaking this state of static friction requires much more energy than it does to maintain. This is why higher power engines require heavier clutches.

Thank you. You are awesome too :)

You're welcome :)

+Drew1231 That's true :)

+Drew1231 Wet and multi plate clutches. The only modern motherbikes (I'll call modern as 80s + arbitrarily but im sure that you can include much of the 70s before then I dont know) that use dry clutches are Ducatis and I'll guess BMW K series and possibly/prolly boxers (without googling im not sure). And any derivatives, i.e: Bimota

+BIT1FFY what's the advantage of an wet clutch?, I dont even know what that is

+Nick Karatekid in a wet clutch, there's probably some sort of transmission oil or lubricant to keep things running smoothly.. on a dry clutch, well its dry.. to my understanding, wet clutches are most like used for everyday rides while the dry clutch fits more for racing.. i'm guessing that in a dry clutch, things(shaft and gears) will rotate more faster because of the absence of oil HOWEVER this will lead to higher temperatures so i'm guessing with a dry clutch, you will need more exotic materials like carbon ceramic or alloys that are high temperature resistant and not just the usual stainless steel

Ahh okay thank you very much

Sai Santosh These are installed to damp chatter (for example when the car starts moving).

Yes.

Balee Tong your "fine skills", thats what yous should keep in mind once your clutch starts slipping and also when you pay the bill at the repair shop lol

waclosh New friction clutches are actually pretty cheap to replace if you can get some mates over to help you change it.

Ive changed the clutch in my truck myself, no trans jack either, all manpower

Jakthehero33 how special for you.

+Willy Stroker German...

Have you finished your poo yet?

gashFC some day he's still on the toilet

god speed jason.

Same

I'd like to tell you that I got curious on how to play Assetto Corsa and I wanted to sort of learn such confusing terminologies such as gearboxes, clutch, torque, weight differential and all sorts of shit, now I have no idea how I got here, let's just bear with it mate!

A car can move forward due to those parts, yes, and probably the most primitive vehicles or rotational systems would simply use that too. (See, Tamiya, a bunch of toys which only uses dynamos, gears, and wheels to move) But then we start getting problems. How do I stop it? Then we use a brake. But my engine stops working if I stop my car completely! So we use a flywheel to store the rotational energy. But what if I only wanted my wheels to stop taking power from the engine without stopping the engine (since stopping and starting the engine multiple times is just dangerous)? Then we use a clutch. I want to go faster or slower without putting too much stress or consuming too much fuel on my engine! Then we use multiple gear transmissions. Then more complicated problems arise, and more solutions come to play.

denmax Thanks

it's basically just storing energy into a spring and then slowly releasing that energy, like a crossbow. I only discovered it until now either lol, but I always wondered how an engine could keep running without the weels turning. I was like ' where on earth does that energy go??'

Sevival Oh, a spring. That makes sense. Thank you.

+Matt Carter I'm from Germany :)

+Thomas Schwenke from the hub of automobiles..

+Thomas Schwenke mein deutscher Akzent klingt anders ;]

only some one who doesn't drive a stick would say something like that.... fucking lazy auto drivers

React only a lazy manual driver who doesn't make full stops would be mad enough to say "fucking lazy auto drivers" because he knows what i said is true

bench175 You didn't even use a full stop...

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion :)

Thomas Schwenke Thats cool....Its a good video.

Thomas Schwenke You're fine. It is a little hard to understand at times but nothing you have to change.

Aaron Cubitt Looking forward to your video on how a clutch works, in a language that isn't your mother tongue. You can show us all how good your german is.

Aaron Cubitt Douchebag.

Carrara 8 Pro.

+Thomas Schwenke thank you again

Ammar Ibrahim

+Spikern Automobile paper today? Coz m in a same situation as u :).

ryelor123 Doesn't matter. Charging is free, oil isn't. And let's not forget recent advances in batteries like "aluminum air" or graphene which will sooner or later make gas completely obsolete since these would have a much higher power storage capacity and would be able to charge within minutes (for aluminum air) and possibly seconds (graphene, although far away). Also, EV's are only going to get cheaper and charging is free while gas is only going to get pricier. EV's essentially run off the power of the sun, which is a relatively infinite supply, if solar panels are the ones charging them. Gas made from algae will rely heavily on the harvest of algae, while solar panels are (relatively) more reliable and constantly becoming more efficient. Sorry to say it but gas vehicles are going to be relics in the near future.

Plato Tell that to the electric company. Hydro or Gas, you're still paying.

Sean nolastfuqingname Thing is, it comes from built in solar on top of tesla stations, free for the consumers. Now elon musk still has to pay for property but his goal isn't exactly to make a profit but change the worlds transportation to EVs so he is willing to pay to create another incentive for switching over.

Plato Where the fuck do you think electricity comes from?

***** Why do i still have idiots misinterpreting what i'm saying? Let me be ABUNDANTLY clear: When you charge a tesla at a tesla supercharger, it is charged via solar panels on the roof of said supercharger. Later on at night, energy that is collected during the day will be stored for night time usage via industrial powerwall. SO, the energy that charges tesla's comes from SOLAR POWER MOUNTED ONTO THE ROOF OF THE CHARGING STATION. IN CONCLUSION, ITS ESSENTIALLY FREE ENERGY FOR THE CONSUMERS. Do u undursatnd now?