If you've ever driven a manual shift car, then you're probably familiar with the clutch. It's the third pedal that you have to press in order to change gears. However, you might not know exactly ...

Manual transmission cars, which are becoming increasingly scarce, have a clutch pedal with the brake and accelerator pedals. The clutch pedal is an assembly of a clutch plate, pressure plate, flywheel ...

Millions of car enthusiasts will go down swinging with a stick-shift in their hands. But as the automotive industry automates everything in modern cars, manual transmissions still have life—and ...

Manual Transmission. With a manual, the clutch must be engaged so that the collar plate disconnects fully from the transmission gears. This is why a car might seem to lag or jump when changing from ...

70,000 Manual Jeep Wranglers And Gladiators Recalled Over Exploding Clutch Plates. Jeep is aware of one injury related to this problem, and still doesn't have a solution for what it's calling a ...

Jeep is recalling more than 69,000 of its manual-transmission-equipped Wrangler SUVs and Gladiator pickup trucks over a clutch pressure plate that may overheat.

When the lights drop, it's all throttle from here: As RPM comes up (from 2,500 to 8,500 RPM), a group of weighted levers inside the clutch swing outward and begin depressing the pressure plate ...

In a manual transmission car, the clutch disc on the gearbox is attached to the pressure plate on the engine. They spin together, a key link in the drivetrain.

Formula 1 cars lack a clutch pedal, using paddle-operated clutches instead. Learn how this system works, why it replaced manual gearboxes, and its benefits.

As much as it pains me to admit, a manual transmission is often second-best on the track—at least in most cases. If you’re driving a modern performance car, the automatic transmission will ...