Wow. Honestly man, this is by far the best clutch explanation video I have ever seen. Never quite got how the clutch works, but after this..wow man. Good on you Eric. Keep making these great videos! :)
The more videos I watch of yours the more I think you should have a television series! I can't believe how much I've learned so far. For kids without dads (like me) to teach them, or women without husbands or a father figure, this knowledge you give could be priceless... Thanks again for the 5 STAR videos!!! I hope you continue this and are rewarded greatly for this service that is so much more valuable and helpful than the pimp my car shows or overhauling, you get my point... SOMEONE MAKE
@44centz They do in automatics. They use wet clutches in motorbikes often because of space considerations especially when the trans and engine are all in the same case.
Most clutches for manual transmissions are dry! No oil or grease needed. The thing you need to know when replacing the clutch: CENTER the disc while tightening the pressure plate assembly! - there are centering jigs to help you out (I usually pop a short piece of a wooden broom handle in the lathe to make the required diameters) Otherwise you can't slide the transmission back on. it's a 2 person job with an elevator and a (or two) high jack stand to support the engine (and transmission)
@BlinginTom The clutch is what is used to connect the power from the engine to the transmission in a manual transmission car. This is how the thing works that you push in when you go to shift gears in a manual transmission car.
@Dogapsa That would be the pilot bearing, the throw out bearing activates the clutch. If it's a Honda the pilot bearing is in the flywheel and not the crank. BTW those conversions are tricker than you might think because the engine is actually matched up to it's transmission, in other words an engine for a manual may have a different cam than one for an automatic not to mention the computer controls. In my opinion it's much easier and cheeper to get a car with a manual to start with.
hi eric im doing a motorsport course at college and my tutor used some of you videos to show us how to fit cv joints in the class room and he slaged u off but your the first guy to explain how a clutch works and ive asked loads of tutors and watched loads of videos but you are the only one that does it in a way i under stand thanks.
Dude...I have seen many videos regarding clutches and have never been able to completely get it. There seemed to always be something missing. You gave the best explanation on this . Great video. Just subscribed.
My son has an interview for a job at a nearby Getrag transmission plant.I wanted to explain some basics to him and was struggling to share my limited knowledge .Your videos are very clear very and very well structured.He is upstairs watching more of them now,Thankyou he is much more confident now.
I've watched several videos about this, and this is by far the best. Thanks for the vid, very well done. I'm replacing the clutch on my Acura RSX this weekend, wish me luck!!
What a solid well explained and detailed video. It's good to see some basic minded people out there with the intelligence to back them up. Nice work mate, greatly appreciated this video!
BY FAR the most accurate and explanative clutch video on the Internet. Thank you for taking the time to properly explain how this often misunderstood part of the drivetrain works!! B
I finally fully understand how a clutch works thanks to Eric the Car Guy. Other videos on youtube were not good. I'm a person who must see things in action to know how they work and you showed me. The part about the springs dampening the two halves of the disks with the slit in the middle confused me since I couldn't see how that was possible, but HondaHowTo1's video response fixed this by clarifying that it dampens the inner and outer disks. Thanks a lot this this and all your other videos.
Wow! I looked at 3 other clutch videos and was completely lost until I saw this video! Thank you so much! Great way of explaining things along with clever editing.
Almost 10 yrs later .. still noone has got it as well as you. Great video man! The spring fingers on the cover were REALLY throwing me off! Thank you for this!
@HondaHowTo1 You could think of it as an inner and outer disc or one for the flywheel and one for the pressure plate with a wave plate in between, the 2 discs move independently of each other and are dampened by springs during the apply.
That was very helpful, I went to school to be a diesel technician and it took us a few weeks to learn this. You're short video was awesome and thank you.
@richu27 Tough call. I would start by addressing any engine performance issues first and see if the condition still exists, if it does then I would look to the clutch and it's linkage.
Very nice short simple explanation. I think the hardest thing for most to understand is how to pressure place fingers work. Basically a fulcrum pivot point that reversed direction of the pressure plate as you stated. You press one way and the plate moves the other. Thumbs up Eric. Just wish they'd put this kind of stuff on tv instead of the non informative (more about selling) auto shows and unreal reality shows. Nice job.
Thank you! Came here for "what are the springs for anyway" and got almost every other question I hadn't got around to looking up answered at the same time with clear visuals!
@Dosalt It really doesn't matter as all your looking to do is disengage the engine from the transmission and since the clutch is splined to the input shaft of the transmission once it's disengaged from the engine it will no longer transfer power to the transmission which is what your trying to accomplish.
@Halosapian They are vary similar but there are a couple different types of clutches, this type is a push type throw out bearing as there are others that are pull type that are handled differently. When I get one of those in I hope to make a video.
I am a very technical thinker (son of an engineer), and I always knew the "why" a clutch works but always had an issue visualizing what was going on in there while I drive. You cleared that right up,
@djmouser15Y One thing that is often overlooked on manual transmissions is the thrust bearing inside the engine, this can wear on a manual trans car to the point where the crank will actually move forward when the clutch is depressed. Have someone step on the clutch while you watch the crank pulley to make sure there isn't any movement.
@cristoretornebiblia It's really how they are used more than anything, I've seen people go through clutches in less than 10K and others 100K +, knowing how they work is a good start to making them last though. There is a way to make a slipping clutch grab again that I'll probably post a video about at some point but it's too lengthly to explain here.
Back in the 80s I had a little VW based buggy. It was a great learning tool. When my clutch went out I just dug into it & figured it out. Nowadays,lots of systems on cars are to complex to just dig in & figure it out but the basics are the same. Nowadays,with RU-vid there is an easy way to look up something that is a little to complex to just dig into or,if you are nervous about just jumping in a good vid can help with the confidence levels.
Dude, You are legendary. Seriously, you did everything you said in the title. love your vids. I'm probably going to watch them all now. Subbed already(:
perfectly explained. I'm learning to drive a manual at the moment (I'm sixteen) and still struggling with the clutch and all the changing gears stuff. This actually helped a lot. cheers
This is proper quality stuff mate! i loved how you showed what happened on the transmission side too. That was really great as on my course we have just learnt about the clutch itself! Keep up the good work!
@thiagosct There are no 'return springs' that's pretty much the job of the pressure plate. You might start by checking the linkage and if you don't find anything there you'll probably have to remove the transmission and check things out.
Thank you! I'm teaching my grandson to drive a stick and thought knowing how a clutch actually works would be a great start. Your video will be a BIG help, so thank you very much!
@3wheeler016 Valeo, Sachs, Luk, Exedy, Daikin. They're all OEM clutches, 6 in one hand, half dozen in the other. You can order aftermarket, upgrade clutches from any of those companies but for OEM clutches - they're all pretty much equal.
Motor: noun. anything that produces or imparts motion; an engine; esp., an internal-combustion engine for propelling a vehicle; Engine: noun. machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion. Same fucking thing.
xRevolution318 Motor, as in electric motor. Engine as in internal combustion engine. There's the difference. In Finnish first one would be sähkömoottori and second one would be polttomoottori. In Finnish there's only one word for electrically operated motor and fuel operated engine and that is the word moottori.
MrBrander engines with spark plugs can be considered motors because it's electrical energy converted into thermal and mechanical energy and that's basically what a motor is
MrBrander lol when did I say it turned electricity to fuel? when an engine reaches maximum compression the spark plug goes off which is powered by electricity and combusts the oil inside the pistons which in result makes mechanical work
I'm currently learning how to drive (with my first car which is an MR2 SW20). I'm struggling with clutch control but this has helped clear my mind up about what's actually happening when I use the clutch. Liked and Subscribed!
Before I begin wanna say I'm jealous you have a sw20. I want an aw11 but no money :(. Anyway what my cousin told me when she taught me to drive stick in her miata was "keep a balance between your clutch and throttle. Whatever pressure that's leaving the clutch should be the same pressure going on the throttle." Slow and steady and have patience. If it helps you find the engagement point, try staying still on an uphill without the brakes. I will warn you it's torturous on the clutch so be careful. Best luck to you and enjoy the sw20. It's an amazing car, just mind it's temper lol
@TheGamersTrend 2 discs in the clutch assembly make for more surface area and supposedly better holding power for hight torque applications. A racing flywheel is normally lighter so the engine can rev faster.
eric thanks for the help. am still at school and my teacher hasnt been able to get it across to me how the clutch works for about 6 weeks and you made me understand within 4 mins 33 seconds
Understanding how things operate makes me come to the conclusion that a tremendous amount of power is wasted to friction and vibration! I’m so glad Electric is finally getting taken seriously!!!
This was great. I first saw another video that showed an animation and it explained it very well but seeing the actual parts was what made it complete.
Many thanks for a nice simple explanation that a numpty like me can understand! Appreciated. I didn't previously understand that the friction plate was in fact 2 plates that could very slightly rotate against eachother with those springs to take away the harshness that would exist if it was solid, have wondered what the springs purpose was. Thanks again.
Dude I get it now. Been driving a manual mustang for about a week now and have been wondering how the hell it worked. Makes a lot of sense now. Thanks man
Good explanation ETCG. Although I would add that the Pressure Plate is bolted to OUTSIDE of the flywheel; the clutch disk is splined to the transmission input shaft at disk's CENTER. And the ransmission shaft rotates freely within a hole in the center of the pressure plate. This enables the disk to rotate independently of the engine, when the clutch pedal is depressed.
good video. i allways drove manual cars but never quite understood how the complete thing works... now i get what the pressure plate really does and how it works, thankyou for that kind sir! :D
@1967800 No it won't, it's when you move it in and out that the clutch will wear, when the pedal is all the way down the clutch is completely disengaged so nothing will wear during that time.
@TheGetawayer Some do but I prefer a stick. One of my favorite cars to drive was a 91 Acura Legend 5 speed, something about driving a big car with a stick was a lot of fun.
Dude! Thanks to your inspiration, I drained and replaced my automatic power control arm fluid in my attic at home! I wish I could have done it somewhere else though, as you can imagine how hard it was to fit the whole front end of my car up in my attic.
This was really helpful. I was just curious how these worked, because I thought they were a 1 peice object (clutch discs). Keep up the great, and wise videos.
Eric your awesome, my driving instructor and various people use there hands to try and explain this, but I needed to see the real thing to 'get it' if you get me. Thank you for getting dirty!
@cristoretornebiblia That only works if there is still some adjustment left and the clutch hasn't been adjusted in some time, if the clutch is worn out you really can't make it work properly again.
yesssssss! thank you. maybe you could do an in depth guide on shifting correctly and what happens as youre shifting and how to do it all correctly to not burn out your clutch or hurt any other part of the vehicle from bad shifting etc
I agree with the other comments and you're the only one, yes the only one that has told me about split clutch disc and that finally explains how the springs function, amen.
