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The following illustrations should give you an idea of what is happening
when the clutch pedal is pressed (Down), and released (Up), and what is meant by the biting point
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When you first press down the clutch, the drive to the wheels is disengaged completely,
hence you can select gears and rev the engine as much as you like.
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Letting the clutch pedal up very slowly will make the clutch plate and flywheel join together,
When they first start touching the flywheel is still able to spin without eng ageing the wheels,
however when you release the clutch pedal slightly more the clutch plate puts more pressure
onto the flywheel, now the wheels are getting to the point where they want to turn.
This is the Biting Point.
Just the same as pressing your hands together lightly, it's easy to turn one hand one way
and one the other, but if you were to press them together hard it makes one hand try to follow
the other when they are turned
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Finally when the clutch pedal is fully up (engaged) the Clutch Plate is pressing firmly against the
Flywheel forcing the wheels to turn. When the clutch pedal is released to quickly without sufficient
revs on the engine this will cause the vehicle to stall,
This is also the position when the car is parked without the engine running.
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The above is only a guide as to what is happening, there are also several other factors involved
to make the car move, the gearbox,
prop shaft (rear wheel drive) etc. Also the clutch mechanism is
far more complex to be shown on this site.
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