The clutch drive plate is mounted on the flywheel, which in turn is mounted on the engine crankshaft flange. The driving disk and the driven disk are located at the engine flywheel.
The clutch fork is located in the gearbox housing. It houses a maintenance-free release bearing that exerts pressure on the driven disc when the clutch is released. The hydraulic slave cylinder is located on the clutch fork. The hydraulic clutch operates on brake fluid, which it is supplied from an expansion tank common to the brake system.
When the clutch pedal is released, the driven disk is pressed by the drive disk against the flywheel under the force of the diaphragm springs, creating a torque transfer from the crankshaft to the gearbox input shaft.
When the clutch pedal is pressed, the movement of the master cylinder piston creates pressure, which is transmitted through the pipeline to the clutch slave cylinder, which is flanged to the gearbox. The piston of the working cylinder exerts pressure through the clutch fork on the release bearing and, overcoming the force of the diaphragm springs of the drive disk, slightly removes it. Thus, the driven disk between the drive disk and the flywheel is released, the transmission of torque from the engine to the gearbox is interrupted.
1. Driven disk. 3. Release bearing. 5. Bolt. 2. Leading disk. 4. Clutch fork.