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When you step on the clutch pedal, the throw-out bearing pushes on the diaphragm spring (the dark arrowhead-shaped metal fingers), which, using a lever motion, raises the pressure plate off of the clutch disc.
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 When you step on the clutch pedal, the throw-out bearing pushes on the diaphragm spring (the dark arrowhead-shaped metal fingers), which, using a lever motion, raises the pressure plate off of the clutch disc.  View Related Article

 

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