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- Throw-Out Bearing
-
- The throw-out
- bearing allows you
- to engage and
- disengage the
- clutch. Comprised
- of ball bearings
- mounted in a sleeve
- or collar, the
- throw-out bearing
- slides back and
- forth on the shaft
- extending from the
- front of the
- transmission.
- Pressing the clutch
- pedal moves a fork
- holding the
- throw-out bearing.
- The bearing slides
- against the
- pressure plate
- release levers
- which pry the
- pressure plate away
- from the clutch
- disc. Holding the
- pressure plate away
- from the clutch
- disc disconnects
- the engine from the
- rest of the power
- train and the
- vehicle may be
- brought to a stop
- with the engine
- running.
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