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I’m a former mechanic so this stuff is second-nature to me, but this video is absolutely brilliant as a visual aid for teaching my son what the clutch pedal action is actually doing in his car. Thanks so much for creating it!
I want to drive a manual and this little video taught me so much about how it works. When I understand how things work, it’s usually easier for me to grasp how to do them
In the late nineties, when they said, "Oh the web means all information will be free," this is the kind of thing I wanted it to be. "Here's all the these explained". Excellent work, sir.
It's not like 1 genius came up with this stuff, it took many many generations of trail and improvements, the basic principles go back as far as Archimedes.
I mean, when you consider how the interworkings of the system operates, it's really a bunch of simple systems working together. There's nothing about an engine, transmission, or clutch that are really that complicated, it's just that they work together in a larger, more complex system. The actual principles being applied and the science behind how they work have been known for thousands of years, meaning the only thing stopping us from having vehicles like this beyond a few hundred years ago was the ingenuity of someone willing and able to put them together. While I don't understand how most things work, it's easy to understand how this works and that shows just how simple the design really is.
The entire automobile system is really complicated to understand if you're only familiar with theory. It really needs to be understood practically imo.
*HEY PRACTICAL* how you doing? I never knew you liked _mechanical engineering_ i thought you were exclusive to _civil engineering_ glad to see you strolling on other engineering videos.
Terrible narration. The pronunciation and editing for the voiceover make it sound like a robot who has no idea what the words mean. Extremely distracting and difficult to follow.
I'm literally over here watching this for fun while some poor engineering student somewhere is cramming for an exam watching this same video. Hello friend, I believe in you.
I think some brilliant german guy was the first to built the 4-stroke engine as we know it plus the transmission to go along with it. Truly masterlevel engineering!
@@paraskaith5027 Exactly. All the technology we have around us today is the result of thousands of years of experimentation and slow development (until the 20th century when tech began increasing exponentially). People just keep building on and expanding upon previous ideas and inventions. It's funny when you think about it. Stone Age people had all the ingredients to make mobile phones, computers and even space shuttles, they just didn't know it at the time.
I would like to think that THIS WAS the original purpose of bringing the Internet to the masses...not facebook nor twitter....open the knowledge to improve the society.
This is the condensed vocational education that children should learn in school so they leave high school with the knowledge to immediately begin one of a dozen different careers. I love UA-cam for that education. So much DIY and clear, concise explanation, plus visuals. I spent my youth getting straight A's in subjects I barely scratched the surface of in my 20's and 30's. I feel like I've learned more useful information in my 40's than I ever did in school. Just watching YT and DIYING the crap out of life. Awesome channel guys...subbing!
This was really educational and easy to undestand. I've driven a manual my whole life and never knew the science behind how the clutch worked. Very cool video. Easy upvote from me.
I'm not a big car guy - I don't know anything about them other than where I last parked - but the whole transmission system is a really beautiful and ingenious piece of engineering; absolutely amazing how it's evolved over the years. Excellent video, many thanks!
@PCGamer UK You are right. But if I were a car manufacturer wanting to know the thermal resistivity of an engine component, or the amount of force required to snap a tension belt over time, I'd probably call the guy with the mechanical engineering degree. Everyone has their purpose, college isn't as bad as conspirators make it seem to be. Just WAY too overpriced.
@@bmxgod4193 sigh... this is your justification for remaining ignorant I suppose. You would NOT have ANYTHING in the modern world handed to you on a silver platter if somebody hadn't bothered to get an education. This video is supposed to inspire you to go to school and learn engineering. Do you really think anything in the way a clutch works was figured out by uneducated people? So yes.. you DO need a college education if you want to be a successful designer or engineer. I'm mostly self-educated in physics. From gravitational waves and the collision of neutron stars down to quantum uncertainty. Enough so that I can have a cogent conversation with people more formally educated than I am. But I also know whoever it is that makes the next level breakthrough in cosmology towards Professor Hawking's elegant theory of everything is going to have a math and or physics Ph.D.
Carbon Crank yes you’re right, for careers like engineering or others you most likely should get an education simply because it’s a lot of content and you also need labs and equipment to work with and practice as well as someone with experience to lead you. I said you don’t need college to be successful, I’m talking about just being successful in general like there’s a lot of other ways and things you can do. But for example a mechanic, no you don’t necessarily need college.
Thanks a lot friend for posting this. They expect you, when you go for a driving license, to just learn everything empirically and just know, "when your car does this, change the speed", with no further context. Videos like these are very helpful.
LOL! Clutch OBVIOUSLY doesn't appreciate you. Clutch just isn't prepared to treat u like a real person, because Clutch is not a real person deep down inside to be honest.
@@TLC7 A V is correct, manual transmissions really aren't that complicated, generally speaking. A typical 5-speed is pretty straightforward - with a little knowledge, it's quite easy to identify which gears are which just by playing with a model of the internals. Rebuilding one is time consuming, but again not particularly difficult (of course, given the proper tools - that's the hardest part is having the right tools - and the most expensive).
When I was still in the secondary school, my chemistry teacher used to drive like that. She would drive out of the school parking and drive for about 200m before shifting from the first into the third gear. Her car engine sounded like it was about to take off, her diesel engine easily exceeded 5000 RPM and that's a lot when we're talking about a car that's more than 15 years old.
Lmao i used to do this in my driving lessons aswell. Most of the time i skipped shifts. Much gas in 1 shift to 3 or in my second to fourth😂 my teacher always thought it was weird. But it worked so he was like alright go on We drove in a kia ceed (6gear sport edition)
Great visualization. I'm always so afraid of slipping the clutch on hills, but its good to see this kind of description, I feel like i can more confidently and precisely practice my hill starts without fearing heavy damage to my components. Sawpping a clutchplate is no big deal, paying for a new transmission... uhhhhhh naww This is a wonderful video, thanks!!1
SOME engineers are amazing. I work in the blue collar industry as a welder and I will say some of the dumbest people I have EVER met have been engineers. I think it has something to do with logic and trying to make things simple but then over simplifying something at the same time.
@@ashwinkumar8990 so when the clutch is 'biting' a small amount of power is being transferred through to the wheels? Just enough forward power to cancel out the backwards rolling force of gravity? Thus a stalemate and the car stays stationary? Then the clutch fully engages, the power gets fully transferred to the wheels and the car shoots forward?
Saw an entire 2.5 minute ad in full. I am not able to help you at patereon, so guess, this is how I can help. :) I learnt something awesome today. Thank you for that.
This was so very informative! Now, I know how to drive a manual transmission. My first car, when I was 15 was a manual but I’ve never fully understood exactly how it all works. I’ve seen other videos that explain how a clutch works but none were as clear and easy to understand as this video. I’m a visual learner and I must say, this video answered all my questions! Everything finally makes so much sense. Thank you thank you thank you!! Well done.
That makes so much more sense, I kept thinking, how can the clutch be partially on? It’s because of the friction thing ‘clutch disk’ part, not the gears. Thanks for the info :)
I have searched for this video many times over the years waiting for someone to make it - this is perfect for showing teens when learning to drive - thank you!
Ideas like these take a lot of trial and error. Lots of cleverness put into the design, but it was by no means conceived by a single person in a day. This genius is a result of decades of engineering trials.
@jonesyterp Everyone is... Everyone's genius.. coz everyone's got the same brain.... But it depends on how YOU use your own brain.. capacity is limitless
The friction facing burned off the clutch of my 1968 Datsun 510 when the hydraulic system became clogged and left the clutch in a partially engaged position. The car was only 4 years old at the time with about 35,000 miles on it. Things have improved greatly in 50 years.
My dad's letting me drive his old car for the first time today. This videos one of the requirements for me to be let drive it, and honestly, it has helped a lot, so thanks!
To all the kids reading this and thinking "great, I can drop out of school and watch UA-cam videos, I can learn more this way", I'd say: No, you can't learn more on UA-cam. Those engines are designed by people with PhDs, not by people who spend too much time on UA-cam.
@youtubeShadowBan Yes, if you watch this: ua-cam.com/video/o96K8fkOrG8/v-deo.html then you will learn more than you would in high school. Because the content is made for college students. But the "popular science" type of channels won't teach you more than high school, far from it. And the usual "you can learn more on UA-cam than at school" comments are always on popular science channels.
Lube and strong materials, but mostly lube. And that's why if an engine is anything less than extremely overbuilt, running dry will ruin it very very quickly
This was super helpful! I am learning to drive stick shift for the first time, and having an understanding of mechanically what happens when I step on the clutch helps so much!
sometimes I complain about new car prices, but after seeing some videos like this one, I think it's worth it... so much knowledge involved, it's unbelievable
It is a shame that they don't make many cars anymore with a manual transmission. It has been a great theft prevention system. I had Dodge Dakota for 20 years with a 5 speed manual. Can't find newer trucks with them...
Bruh I’m high as hell , I’m on my last year as a fitting and turning student and this is the first time actually understood something fully from the start , you guys just simplified my understanding of the clutch system,thank you
This video is excellent. It illustrates and explains, in a layman's terms, exactly how a clutch functions. The sequence of the information presented, the terminology used, and the illustrated working diagrams are outstanding. If school teachers and the God awful textbooks we use could present information and teach this way, we would all be so much smarter.
@@TheMechanicalHermit how is a modern dual clutch electronically controlled transmission not more effecient? There is dramatically less time between gear shifts.
im 35 and have been driving a stick shift car since i was 15 and never knew how the internals of the clutch worked. this was cool to see what im doing everyday
I could watch this video until I die, I could even go to school to get hands on learning about how to work on automotive transmissions for dozens of years and still I would not understand how it actually works. My understanding as of right now as to how it works is that it’s probably magic.
You have to understand the differences between types of motion neede to make a car move: Rotary Going round and round. Reciprocating Going backwards and forwards in a straight line. Oscillating Swinging backwards and forwards. Linear movement is movement in a straight line in one direction. Study this first and branch from there. Next try to understand what 4 strokes means: Intake, Compression, Power, Exhaust. You have to transfer the reciprocation power gained from the four strokes of an internal combustion engine to rotary power in some way for to the wheels to move. Hence the names "Transmission" and "differential". You can't stop the engine to change a gear because that doesn't make sense to shut the car off to change a gear so that's why you need a clutch. It alows you to connect and seperate the reciprocal motion of the pistons and crankshaft without stopping the engine and then transfer that motion to rotary power by selecting the correct gear for the proper speed you want to travel via the transmission, drive shaft, and differential and through the axel to the wheels. The differential changes the direction of rotary motion to move the wheels. (Rear wheel drive) This is why there's a difference between BWHP and HP. You lose so.e power though this process by the time it gets to the wheels. Just copy this comment and paste it to notes, then look up all these definitions. This is simplified but the basic concept. Then look up the different systems of an automobile. Cooling system, braking system, Exhaust system, drivetrain, suspension, Lubrication System, Electrical System, ext. It seems complicated but it's just common sense. There's some brilliant mechanics out there who can barley wipe thier ass😂 Don't over think it.
Yeah, although I wanted to drive manual from the time I was a little kid. So, my first car was a manual. Hard to find one that isn't either worn out or looks rediculous.
@@chbrules heres an even better idea. Dont text and drive. You may think you can do it fine and im sure youll keep thinking that right before you're killed in a car accident because you couldnt put your phone away. I dont understand why you would brag about reclessly putting your life and everyone elses lives at risk because you dont know how to set the phone down while driving
Cars now are built with so many distractions --- navigation touch screens, control touch screens, hands-free cell phones with voice recognition and voice-synthesized text readers, dozens of almost identical buttons on the steering wheel and console, dash and so forth --- that the manufacturers now tell us we can't live without electronic compensation devices such as "adaptive" cruise control, blind spot monitors, rear-view cameras, and the rest. When I learned to drive, there were a handful of controls --- basic operation such as brake, clutch, and throttle pedals, steering wheel, lights, wipers, turn signals, lever controls for the heater, air, and defroster, one knob for the radio (on, off, and volume, plus preset buttons, no need to fiddle with the knob on the right), and a toggle for the day-night mirror. Everything clearly and logically laid out, no need to take your eyes off the road. No distractions from the primary task of driving the car.
Wonderful illustration. Shows how even seemingly-complicated ideas can be communicated so very easily and in minimum time, through a well-designed illustration/animation. Thanks a lot.
The only thing I would add to this video when you were talking about doing an uphill start is that when you have the clutch partially released, you can press the gas and the car will then go up the hill. I think it’s important to emphasize to new drivers, not to press the Excelerator too far down otherwise you may “smoke the clutch.” That is, you may create too much friction on the clutch plate, which will overheat the clutch and cause it to fail. Other than that an excellent video. Thank you.
This is really helpful to learn, but try not to use the clutch as a brake as they say. They did mention it causes excess wear, but only briefly. If you aren't quick enough yet to catch the car on a hill by starting normally, you should be using the parking brake to hold the car while you start and not the clutch. The time between a fully depressed clutch pedal and fully released clutch pedal is called slipping. The friction plate is in contact with the flywheel, but it's slipping on it as it brings the transmission up to engine speed. For obvious reasons, this is when it wears the most. Slipping the clutch to hold the car in place often is going to wear it quickly and is lugging the engine, which isn't great either. There are tons of great videos on here of how to and how not to drive a manual. You'll be happy you learned because it's a much more engaging and fun way to drive. Good luck!
CZ-Hk-S&W I know it. It smells like rubber burning and you will have to change the Clutch Plates. Happened when my dad was driving steep uphill with heavy slow moving traffic with frequent stoppings after 3 to 4 Kms the smell was awuful and we had to call the tenicians
In most European countries, manual transmission is a given, it's understood everyone who does drive a car knows how to drive a gearshift vehicle. In the US however, anyone who drives a car with stick transmission is nothing short of a hero!
at about 5:25 : The partially released clutch acts as a brake…. This is true… however, when stationary uphill NEVER use the clutch at its "sweetspot" to stop from rolling. This is VERY bad for the clutch as it causes incredible wear AND heat!! However, to show how an uphill-start can be performed it it is pretty good. Although, I find the use of the handbrake easier, more control. I am from EUrop (NL) where most drivers are "native to manual" as I call it.
I´m from Czechia (central Europe), we also have mainly manuals here, but i find uphill start easier with clutch, but it also depends on the situation, if for example I´m waiting for a traffic light, I´ll use the handbrake because I´m waiting long and I want my legs to rest for a while, but if the stop is short enough I prefer the clutch start, I feel that I have more control of the car, so I think it is just about what are you used to.
Well if it’s actually to start moving the vehicle then the bite method is good. But if it’s to stay stationary for more than a couple of seconds until you can move again then yeah it’s an horrible idea to ride the clutch.
I always just make sure to be quick and get going before it has a chance to roll backwards. Only once did I use that "technique" of partially releasing the clutch and I knew it must have been terrible for the clutch. I had no idea people do that regularly.
The handbrake method must always be used. "Riding the Clutch" leads to premature failure and shuddering & its replacement is quite costly. If you have to pull away on steap hills often, then rather get an automatic. Or start off down hill rather than uphill & use a detour to get to your destination - your clutch will last much much longer & you'll save a lot of money in the long run.
Watching this before starting my driving lessons 😂 uphill driving gives me so much anxiety and I used to be so confused about the concept of clutch. Learning this made me feel a lot better!!
Driving a manual is easy after you get the hang of it. When you take off, find the clutch bite and focus on keeping your RPMs at 2k until you go (it’ll drop below that once you fully release the clutch). Then all you have to do is shift gears between 3-4k RPM. Good luck on you lessons and test!
This is great! I've always been a very mechanically inclined person, but I have to say I completely misunderstood how the clutch system actually worked until watching this video.
It stops running, no different than just turning it off. The clutch ties engine speed to wheel speed at one of a handful of gear ratios. If wheel speed is zero and the clutch is engaged, then engine speed is forced to match the wheel speed, which in a stall is zero.
Another thing not mentioned in the video, a clutch has an outside and inside diameter. The reason why is because the max torque applied to the clutch is at the outermost radius. So if an engineer designs a clutch to be able to handle the max engine torque (with a bit of a safety factor of course), the outer radius frictional area and area just below it handles most of the torque. For a clutch designed to have a uniform wear rate (as uniform pressure is too idealized), the ideal ratio of a clutch's inside radius to outside radius is ri = 0.58 * ro. However, clutch desings commonly have proportions between .45ro and .8ro, depending on the space available and torque produced. If you cannot design a system to handle engine torque in the available space and centrifugal force restrictions with just one clutch, you will need more frictional surfaces, which you can calculate. A clutch has 2 frictional surfaces, one to the flywheel and one to the pressure plate. Adding another clutch gives me 4, so if I needed 3 frictional surfaces, I would have to use 2 clutches. If you would like to read more, read Chapter 18 of Machine Component Design by Robert C. Juvinall and Kurt M. Marshek.
You don’t use the outside diameter of the friction material to calculate the loading, you use the mean diameter. Yes I have designed some clutches! I have worked for the two largest clutch manufacturers in the world! LuK and VALEO!
As a very good very accurate description how a clutch operates and also explains why certain cultures wear off faster then other better design clutches to include clutches with dual friction plates also it needs to be discussed and a diaphragm clutch the diaphragm well fatigue and time depending how many time s it is depressed it is best Tori place the entire clutch assembly why the original clutch begins to slip if for some reason it's slips at a low mileage then replacement or relining the friction disc only is needed
Great vid! Gotta show my kid who only drove stick ONCE very badly. Didn't know you called it "clutch BITE". I call it clutch SLIPPAGE and curse it every time I need to stop and go uphill in traffic! thanks
I never understood how it works... till now. My friends always told "when to press" but not "why to press" All sudden I feel actually confident to go get a driving licence.
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I’m a former mechanic so this stuff is second-nature to me, but this video is absolutely brilliant as a visual aid for teaching my son what the clutch pedal action is actually doing in his car. Thanks so much for creating it!
I want to drive a manual and this little video taught me so much about how it works.
When I understand how things work, it’s usually easier for me to grasp how to do them
These videos are great for guys like me who never had a dad to teach you these things as well
@@jimbothegymbro7086 to be fair, I think most people take driving for granted from their instructor
too bad your second nature isn't enough to teach that dumb son smh
oh, so you're That Guy... I see
In the late nineties, when they said, "Oh the web means all information will be free," this is the kind of thing I wanted it to be. "Here's all the these explained". Excellent work, sir.
No more tiktok no more Twitter only educational material.
Yes true I see what you are saying that's how it should be right
Hell yeah !
Except it's not free, is it
This actually sucks the transmission educational video from the fifties was so much better
How humans were able to laboriously figure out this high-precision engineering system is beyond amazing!
Accurate machining my friend.
You're right my friend, aliens don't even know that kind of engineering
Aliens
Thank god for mathematics, physics and mechanical engineers.
It's not like 1 genius came up with this stuff, it took many many generations of trail and improvements, the basic principles go back as far as Archimedes.
We really do take A LOT for granted on life. Whoever invented this was a genius
its not a single person, its the small iterative changes that make this beautiful, really show the capability of human as a species
We don't get taught it in school because Albert Einstein needs to be the face of human genius for unsettling reasons...
I mean, when you consider how the interworkings of the system operates, it's really a bunch of simple systems working together. There's nothing about an engine, transmission, or clutch that are really that complicated, it's just that they work together in a larger, more complex system. The actual principles being applied and the science behind how they work have been known for thousands of years, meaning the only thing stopping us from having vehicles like this beyond a few hundred years ago was the ingenuity of someone willing and able to put them together.
While I don't understand how most things work, it's easy to understand how this works and that shows just how simple the design really is.
@@Nanamowa it's easy when you know. Also Dunning Kruger effect. I don't think we understand it just by watching this video.
Henry ford invented the first machanical engine.
I feel like I just learned so much and understood so little at the same time.
😂😂😂
@@johnogara3029 the clutch was pretty simple, the gear change animation was difficult to see what was going on
I knew much before and now i'm confusion. The straight arrows are confusing my brain. Arrows should show spining
one of the most underrated comments here :D
The entire automobile system is really complicated to understand if you're only familiar with theory. It really needs to be understood practically imo.
You guys are killing it. Great video as always.
Practical Engineering Thank you Practical Engineering. You are also making amazing content. Good luck.
*HEY PRACTICAL* how you doing? I never knew you liked _mechanical engineering_ i thought you were exclusive to _civil engineering_ glad to see you strolling on other engineering videos.
Terrible narration. The pronunciation and editing for the voiceover make it sound like a robot who has no idea what the words mean. Extremely distracting and difficult to follow.
@Nicholas Kostales Some people wont understand this video even if Morgan Freeman was narrating it, maybe you are one of those.
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I'm literally over here watching this for fun while some poor engineering student somewhere is cramming for an exam watching this same video.
Hello friend, I believe in you.
I thought of the same
@Sasha Braus you got this fam!
Haha
@Sasha Braus how did it go?
I've been stoned out of my mind watching these and Science Garage the last 3 hours learning how all this works. I love it so much!
I was unknowingly doing all these things in a manual transmission, amazing. This video is absolutely brilliant.
How the hell did humans ever come up with this stuff?
I think some brilliant german guy was the first to built the 4-stroke engine as we know it plus the transmission to go along with it. Truly masterlevel engineering!
We started with simpler stuff and then kept improving
Aliens lol jk
@@paraskaith5027 Exactly. All the technology we have around us today is the result of thousands of years of experimentation and slow development (until the 20th century when tech began increasing exponentially). People just keep building on and expanding upon previous ideas and inventions. It's funny when you think about it. Stone Age people had all the ingredients to make mobile phones, computers and even space shuttles, they just didn't know it at the time.
Built by humans with alien technology...don't believe me ? ...look at your cellphone.
Best graphic I've ever seen on the subject combined with the best description ever! Thank you for this high quality lesson.
I'm an Engineer and I certified your comment!!! Freaking professors better use this in power transmission classes!!!!
Graphics yeah... Description....😶
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I would like to think that THIS WAS the original purpose of bringing the Internet to the masses...not facebook nor twitter....open the knowledge to improve the society.
Very truthful; but the 1% needs the 99% busy with mediocrity and completely ignorant for their own survival.
Great point
Nah bro it was for fortnite and tik tok (sarcasm)
I thought the original purpose was milf porn.
According to the fact the most searched word in Google is SEX,you could be right.
This is the condensed vocational education that children should learn in school so they leave high school with the knowledge to immediately begin one of a dozen different careers. I love UA-cam for that education. So much DIY and clear, concise explanation, plus visuals. I spent my youth getting straight A's in subjects I barely scratched the surface of in my 20's and 30's. I feel like I've learned more useful information in my 40's than I ever did in school. Just watching YT and DIYING the crap out of life.
Awesome channel guys...subbing!
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How are you doing
This was really educational and easy to undestand.
I've driven a manual my whole life and never knew the science behind how the clutch worked.
Very cool video. Easy upvote from me.
now imagine creating this one hell of a engineering miracle back in the 1921
Daaamnn. That shit was a century ago. It almost feels like it's been 90 something years LOL
That was already 100 years ago, damn
Imagine the cursing the moment you realized you even need it.
Imagine the intelligence that created this intelligence.
Aliens
I'm not a big car guy - I don't know anything about them other than where I last parked - but the whole transmission system is a really beautiful and ingenious piece of engineering; absolutely amazing how it's evolved over the years. Excellent video, many thanks!
I've been driving standard vehicles for over 30yrs now...
Never new how the system worked..
Till now ..
Thank you.
@Carlos,
Me too. I know the different components of the clutch but i never knew how they interconnect to move the vehicle.
1AM - time for sleep
1:10 AM - watching how clutch works
1:20 AM :)
2.10 am
1:44AM
4am
could be worse : )
Seriously? I spent four years learning my craft in college and you taught this in 6 minutes. Damn
Actually there’s been a lot I didn’t know. I’m a self-taught mechanic so there’s a lot I didn’t know
yeah, college really is just for your money you don't need college to be successful there's many different ways and things you can do
@PCGamer UK You are right. But if I were a car manufacturer wanting to know the thermal resistivity of an engine component, or the amount of force required to snap a tension belt over time, I'd probably call the guy with the mechanical engineering degree. Everyone has their purpose, college isn't as bad as conspirators make it seem to be. Just WAY too overpriced.
@@bmxgod4193 sigh... this is your justification for remaining ignorant I suppose. You would NOT have ANYTHING in the modern world handed to you on a silver platter if somebody hadn't bothered to get an education. This video is supposed to inspire you to go to school and learn engineering. Do you really think anything in the way a clutch works was figured out by uneducated people? So yes.. you DO need a college education if you want to be a successful designer or engineer.
I'm mostly self-educated in physics. From gravitational waves and the collision of neutron stars down to quantum uncertainty. Enough so that I can have a cogent conversation with people more formally educated than I am. But I also know whoever it is that makes the next level breakthrough in cosmology towards Professor Hawking's elegant theory of everything is going to have a math and or physics Ph.D.
Carbon Crank yes you’re right, for careers like engineering or others you most likely should get an education simply because it’s a lot of content and you also need labs and equipment to work with and practice as well as someone with experience to lead you. I said you don’t need college to be successful, I’m talking about just being successful in general like there’s a lot of other ways and things you can do. But for example a mechanic, no you don’t necessarily need college.
Thanks a lot friend for posting this. They expect you, when you go for a driving license, to just learn everything empirically and just know, "when your car does this, change the speed", with no further context. Videos like these are very helpful.
Yes but the clutch never makes an effort to understand me.
#curiositydriven
amazing
My answer in nutshell : it has speedlimiter :DD
LOL! Clutch OBVIOUSLY doesn't appreciate you. Clutch just isn't prepared to treat u like a real person, because Clutch is not a real person deep down inside to be honest.
@@bentonrp jeez dont take it seriously man.
This just made such a complicated system easy to understand, wow
In reality it's way harder to understand.. i wonder why.
@A V the clutch/ transmission? aint no way, is it really?
@A V Very fair I wouldn’t be able to see it from that viewpoint at this time in my life, that must be cool though
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@@TLC7 A V is correct, manual transmissions really aren't that complicated, generally speaking. A typical 5-speed is pretty straightforward - with a little knowledge, it's quite easy to identify which gears are which just by playing with a model of the internals. Rebuilding one is time consuming, but again not particularly difficult (of course, given the proper tools - that's the hardest part is having the right tools - and the most expensive).
0:05 did u just shift from first to third? absolute madman
so much people didn't notice
Must have revved to the max in first :D
When I was still in the secondary school, my chemistry teacher used to drive like that. She would drive out of the school parking and drive for about 200m before shifting from the first into the third gear. Her car engine sounded like it was about to take off, her diesel engine easily exceeded 5000 RPM and that's a lot when we're talking about a car that's more than 15 years old.
@@0.001mm_tolerancy Brilliant! Please upload a video of your impression of the sound using only your mouth and intense gestures :D :D :D
Lmao i used to do this in my driving lessons aswell. Most of the time i skipped shifts. Much gas in 1 shift to 3 or in my second to fourth😂 my teacher always thought it was weird. But it worked so he was like alright go on
We drove in a kia ceed (6gear sport edition)
Great visualization. I'm always so afraid of slipping the clutch on hills, but its good to see this kind of description, I feel like i can more confidently and precisely practice my hill starts without fearing heavy damage to my components. Sawpping a clutchplate is no big deal, paying for a new transmission... uhhhhhh naww
This is a wonderful video, thanks!!1
Right there with ya, bro!
Engineers are incredible. These systems are so intricately designed, it makes your head spin.
SOME engineers are amazing. I work in the blue collar industry as a welder and I will say some of the dumbest people I have EVER met have been engineers. I think it has something to do with logic and trying to make things simple but then over simplifying something at the same time.
I expected some generic description of what a clutch does, yet found the greatest and most thorough video ever on the topic. Subscribed.
To be honest, it's crazy how much effort and time you put in this! GIVE THIS MAN A TV-SHOW
I’m so glad I found this. I’ve been trying to understand for YEARS why I half clutch the car uphill. THANK YOU MY MIND IS AT PEACE
Could you express it in your own words?
Coz I still don't fully understand it
@@bw4500 the half clutch allows it to slip and generate some RPM. When you release it that RPM generates the power to go up a hill or go faster etc
@@ashwinkumar8990 so when the clutch is 'biting' a small amount of power is being transferred through to the wheels? Just enough forward power to cancel out the backwards rolling force of gravity? Thus a stalemate and the car stays stationary?
Then the clutch fully engages, the power gets fully transferred to the wheels and the car shoots forward?
@@bw4500 essentially he means getting it to biting point before moving off
Thanks for this. I’m teaching my nephew how to drive a manual transmission this weekend and made this required viewing!
Welcome back to another episode of “Why is this in my recommend”
Honestly this is pretty cool.
I think this is episode 900...? or maybe even more?
And educational
Because you're into cars?
i searched for it lmao
ua-cam.com/video/4_-qDSGnA2c/v-deo.html
Saw an entire 2.5 minute ad in full. I am not able to help you at patereon, so guess, this is how I can help. :)
I learnt something awesome today. Thank you for that.
Sidharth Sarangi too few people understand how much that helps!
Sidharth Sarangi viewing 30 secs is enough to get paid for an ad in youtube
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Yes vvlvogoy
Elijah they get paid by clicks
This was so very informative! Now, I know how to drive a manual transmission. My first car, when I was 15 was a manual but I’ve never fully understood exactly how it all works. I’ve seen other videos that explain how a clutch works but none were as clear and easy to understand as this video. I’m a visual learner and I must say, this video answered all my questions! Everything finally makes so much sense. Thank you thank you thank you!! Well done.
That makes so much more sense, I kept thinking, how can the clutch be partially on? It’s because of the friction thing ‘clutch disk’ part, not the gears.
Thanks for the info :)
I have searched for this video many times over the years waiting for someone to make it - this is perfect for showing teens when learning to drive - thank you!
Videos like this make me appreciate how smart some people are...lol
@Gamercode 47 But you're humble. Not bad.
Ideas like these take a lot of trial and error. Lots of cleverness put into the design, but it was by no means conceived by a single person in a day. This genius is a result of decades of engineering trials.
@jonesyterp Everyone is... Everyone's genius.. coz everyone's got the same brain.... But it depends on how YOU use your own brain.. capacity is limitless
@@metalslug97 Exactly. People need to feel more confident in themselves.
White people actually from the wedt
The single, BEST video explaining the mechanics of the clutch system that I have EVER seen. THANK YOU.
The friction facing burned off the clutch of my 1968 Datsun 510 when the hydraulic system became clogged and left the clutch in a partially engaged position. The car was only 4 years old at the time with about 35,000 miles on it. Things have improved greatly in 50 years.
My dad's letting me drive his old car for the first time today. This videos one of the requirements for me to be let drive it, and honestly, it has helped a lot, so thanks!
How'd it go? Can you drive stick now?
I don't even have a driving license but if youtube wants me to watch how clutch works at 2 AM I will sure do so
I just looked at my clock. It's 2:03AM. Niiice...
@@stonent 3 years late to the party but its 11:51 here. I start work at 5 in the morn' tomorrow.
9.4K dislikes are from automatic’s drivers.
Dem casuals!
I drive auto but this video was sick, I understood so much
No. It's because the video didn't correctly show how a clutch works. It's missing information.
@@GTSongwriter any other channel suggestions?
no. i am one of the disliker and i don't even have an automatic cars / bikes. this is purely because of a poor way of explaining the mechanism.
5 years ago, but still helping. Thank you.
I needed to know the tech behind it because it helps me drive.
An example of:
"you can learn more on youtube than school classes".
To all the kids reading this and thinking "great, I can drop out of school and watch UA-cam videos, I can learn more this way", I'd say: No, you can't learn more on UA-cam. Those engines are designed by people with PhDs, not by people who spend too much time on UA-cam.
@youtubeShadowBan Yes, if you watch this: ua-cam.com/video/o96K8fkOrG8/v-deo.html
then you will learn more than you would in high school. Because the content is made for college students.
But the "popular science" type of channels won't teach you more than high school, far from it.
And the usual "you can learn more on UA-cam than at school" comments are always on popular science channels.
Lucas you are so dumb. You’re a funny guy
@@Solid_Snake99 Try to learn how to interact with other human beings in a sane and polite way. Much more important than learning how a clutch works.
Perfect example of visual learning.
I’m amazed at how an engine (including transmission) last more than 5 minutes without breaking.
Pistons regularly go up and down 100 times per second.
Lube
@@vinskivalos lube it up and your (engine) won’t scream 😩
Lube and strong materials, but mostly lube. And that's why if an engine is anything less than extremely overbuilt, running dry will ruin it very very quickly
that's what she said
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This was super helpful! I am learning to drive stick shift for the first time, and having an understanding of mechanically what happens when I step on the clutch helps so much!
sometimes I complain about new car prices, but after seeing some videos like this one, I think it's worth it... so much knowledge involved, it's unbelievable
That's an amazing presentation. My experience of shifting gears will never be the same now!
It is a shame that they don't make many cars anymore with a manual transmission. It has been a great theft prevention system. I had Dodge Dakota for 20 years with a 5 speed manual. Can't find newer trucks with them...
I love how this explains how clutch riding on hill-starts wears out everything over time. Great job.
Finally today my confusion is cleared that how a actually clutch disengage the engine power, superb explanation👌👏👏👏
Bruh I’m high as hell , I’m on my last year as a fitting and turning student and this is the first time actually understood something fully from the start , you guys just simplified my understanding of the clutch system,thank you
This video is excellent. It illustrates and explains, in a layman's terms, exactly how a clutch functions. The sequence of the information presented, the terminology used, and the illustrated working diagrams are outstanding. If school teachers and the God awful textbooks we use could present information and teach this way, we would all be so much smarter.
The joy of manually changing gears is the best part of driving a car. A pity people who never had the pleasure to experience it. 😐
I always loved manual transmission until I had to drive one every day in heavy traffic. Oh my leg :-)
A complete trivial price to pay for efficiency and power a manual can only dream of, boomer. ;)
@@MajorasWrath1 >auto being more power efficient
Please go study before spewing your salt over cultural gaps.
@@TheMechanicalHermit how is a modern dual clutch electronically controlled transmission not more effecient? There is dramatically less time between gear shifts.
I can’t believe people have become so dumb that they can’t understand why a manual transmission is more efficient.
I took auto mechanic back in the day and it was all books and no video. I absolutely love this video so much information and right on point.
im 35 and have been driving a stick shift car since i was 15 and never knew how the internals of the clutch worked. this was cool to see what im doing everyday
You are not engineer
wow this is so fascinating, im so glad UA-cam is free
Thank you very much for creating this video! Really help a lot of people
I could watch this video until I die, I could even go to school to get hands on learning about how to work on automotive transmissions for dozens of years and still I would not understand how it actually works. My understanding as of right now as to how it works is that it’s probably magic.
This is the most clear and beautiful video explains clutch. Really appreciate your efforts!
The animation is so smooth, good job!
這技術非常好用50多年前我教車師傅教斜路停車後再起步非常好用重型拖頭貨櫃車一樣好用，您也是一位好出色有心教導他人好導師。
I need a video to understand this video.
Women moment ☕
No
You have to understand the differences between types of motion neede to make a car move: Rotary Going round and round. Reciprocating Going backwards and forwards in a straight line. Oscillating Swinging backwards and forwards. Linear movement is movement in a straight line in one direction. Study this first and branch from there. Next try to understand what 4 strokes means: Intake, Compression, Power, Exhaust. You have to transfer the reciprocation power gained from the four strokes of an internal combustion engine to rotary power in some way for to the wheels to move. Hence the names "Transmission" and "differential". You can't stop the engine to change a gear because that doesn't make sense to shut the car off to change a gear so that's why you need a clutch. It alows you to connect and seperate the reciprocal motion of the pistons and crankshaft without stopping the engine and then transfer that motion to rotary power by selecting the correct gear for the proper speed you want to travel via the transmission, drive shaft, and differential and through the axel to the wheels. The differential changes the direction of rotary motion to move the wheels. (Rear wheel drive) This is why there's a difference between BWHP and HP. You lose so.e power though this process by the time it gets to the wheels. Just copy this comment and paste it to notes, then look up all these definitions. This is simplified but the basic concept. Then look up the different systems of an automobile. Cooling system, braking system, Exhaust system, drivetrain, suspension, Lubrication System, Electrical System, ext. It seems complicated but it's just common sense. There's some brilliant mechanics out there who can barley wipe thier ass😂 Don't over think it.
Hahaha hahaha
Learn engineering: have you ever wondered what happens when you press the clutch pedal?
Americans: what
Lmao
Yeah, although I wanted to drive manual from the time I was a little kid. So, my first car was a manual. Hard to find one that isn't either worn out or looks rediculous.
@@Number8of10 cons of being American, I guess
TheBanjoShow paddle shifter ? What
@@thatswhatshesaid3406 no
Great explanation 👏👏👏
These engineering advancements show how intelligent (some) humans are!
I never new about clutch-braking. I've also never owned a manual car. Thanks for the tip. And a very well done video!
This the best UA-cam channel for engineering
I couldn't resist a WOW, both at the engineering and the graphics
More manual cars will lead to much less "texters" on roads.
@@chbrules heres an even better idea. Dont text and drive. You may think you can do it fine and im sure youll keep thinking that right before you're killed in a car accident because you couldnt put your phone away. I dont understand why you would brag about reclessly putting your life and everyone elses lives at risk because you dont know how to set the phone down while driving
@@Redtooth75 its not a problem if he dies, thats just another idiot off the road
Its when he kills someone else
Cars now are built with so many distractions --- navigation touch screens, control touch screens, hands-free cell phones with voice recognition and voice-synthesized text readers, dozens of almost identical buttons on the steering wheel and console, dash and so forth --- that the manufacturers now tell us we can't live without electronic compensation devices such as "adaptive" cruise control, blind spot monitors, rear-view cameras, and the rest. When I learned to drive, there were a handful of controls --- basic operation such as brake, clutch, and throttle pedals, steering wheel, lights, wipers, turn signals, lever controls for the heater, air, and defroster, one knob for the radio (on, off, and volume, plus preset buttons, no need to fiddle with the knob on the right), and a toggle for the day-night mirror. Everything clearly and logically laid out, no need to take your eyes off the road. No distractions from the primary task of driving the car.
Easy to do that
Manual cars are less safe, since drivers are forced or enticed to navigate curves and turns with only one hand on the steering wheel.
Wonderful illustration. Shows how even seemingly-complicated ideas can be communicated so very easily and in minimum time, through a well-designed illustration/animation. Thanks a lot.
Damn this is too much quality for my mind
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DaRealCarlos \: fr broo😂
that was too nice
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67 years Old, and I finally Understand! - Superb, concise video! - Mahalo! --- M.S.A.
Ok boomer.
Hello Mark
How are you doing
My first experience with a stick: I started uphill. So those video explains why it was so much harder than I expected.
The only thing I would add to this video when you were talking about doing an uphill start is that when you have the clutch partially released, you can press the gas and the car will then go up the hill. I think it’s important to emphasize to new drivers, not to press the Excelerator too far down otherwise you may “smoke the clutch.” That is, you may create too much friction on the clutch plate, which will overheat the clutch and cause it to fail. Other than that an excellent video. Thank you.
The force is strong with this clutch
Always in motion the engine is.
Yes, this clutch bring balance to the force
It’s over Anakin, I have a high gear
I'm currently learning how to drive, and this helped me so much. I just need to know how something really works to make use of it xD.
I was about to comment the same thing! I'm starting to ride a Royal Enfield!
Wow, same thing here, this video helped a lot!
This is really helpful to learn, but try not to use the clutch as a brake as they say. They did mention it causes excess wear, but only briefly. If you aren't quick enough yet to catch the car on a hill by starting normally, you should be using the parking brake to hold the car while you start and not the clutch. The time between a fully depressed clutch pedal and fully released clutch pedal is called slipping. The friction plate is in contact with the flywheel, but it's slipping on it as it brings the transmission up to engine speed. For obvious reasons, this is when it wears the most. Slipping the clutch to hold the car in place often is going to wear it quickly and is lugging the engine, which isn't great either. There are tons of great videos on here of how to and how not to drive a manual. You'll be happy you learned because it's a much more engaging and fun way to drive. Good luck!
CZ-Hk-S&W I know it. It smells like rubber burning and you will have to change the Clutch Plates. Happened when my dad was driving steep uphill with heavy slow moving traffic with frequent stoppings after 3 to 4 Kms the smell was awuful and we had to call the tenicians
Claus
I have a touch of that ...do we have a disorder?
In most European countries, manual transmission is a given, it's understood everyone who does drive a car knows how to drive a gearshift vehicle. In the US however, anyone who drives a car with stick transmission is nothing short of a hero!
House Stark Manual transmission is more fuel efficient.
House Stark Price?
House Stark Money money money !
weight reduction,fun,drift etc.
because it is alot more fun to drive
Thank You for helping my kids understand how a manual transmission works and how to operate it properly. ❤
at about 5:25 : The partially released clutch acts as a brake…. This is true… however, when stationary uphill NEVER use the clutch at its "sweetspot" to stop from rolling. This is VERY bad for the clutch as it causes incredible wear AND heat!!
However, to show how an uphill-start can be performed it it is pretty good. Although, I find the use of the handbrake easier, more control.
I am from EUrop (NL) where most drivers are "native to manual" as I call it.
I´m from Czechia (central Europe), we also have mainly manuals here, but i find uphill start easier with clutch, but it also depends on the situation, if for example I´m waiting for a traffic light, I´ll use the handbrake because I´m waiting long and I want my legs to rest for a while, but if the stop is short enough I prefer the clutch start, I feel that I have more control of the car, so I think it is just about what are you used to.
Well if it’s actually to start moving the vehicle then the bite method is good. But if it’s to stay stationary for more than a couple of seconds until you can move again then yeah it’s an horrible idea to ride the clutch.
I always just make sure to be quick and get going before it has a chance to roll backwards. Only once did I use that "technique" of partially releasing the clutch and I knew it must have been terrible for the clutch. I had no idea people do that regularly.
The handbrake method must always be used. "Riding the Clutch" leads to premature failure and shuddering & its replacement is quite costly. If you have to pull away on steap hills often, then rather get an automatic. Or start off down hill rather than uphill & use a detour to get to your destination - your clutch will last much much longer & you'll save a lot of money in the long run.
@Big Foot no.. we actually CAN drive so we don't need gas-guzzling automatics.
I really love how precise and to the point this video is. I understand how the clutch actually works now.
I don't even drive a car and found this to be a great video, thanks!
how is that even possible. Are you superman ? "Steve" !!!?
johno doh what is a bicycle?
dats misogyny !!!
Steve Martino You don't need to drive a car to use one
Steve Martino you are an anomaly.
Watching this before starting my driving lessons 😂 uphill driving gives me so much anxiety and I used to be so confused about the concept of clutch. Learning this made me feel a lot better!!
Driving a manual is easy after you get the hang of it. When you take off, find the clutch bite and focus on keeping your RPMs at 2k until you go (it’ll drop below that once you fully release the clutch). Then all you have to do is shift gears between 3-4k RPM.
Good luck on you lessons and test!
@@jackv7094 Wow thanks so much for the tips! I'll make sure to remember 🙌
@@jackv7094 The exact RPMs depend a bit on the car.
@@apveening I've driven at least 50 manual cars and the 2k rule of thumb worked for all of them
This is great! I've always been a very mechanically inclined person, but I have to say I completely misunderstood how the clutch system actually worked until watching this video.
I’m just curious if you could make a video of how the engine looks when it stalls!
It stops running, no different than just turning it off. The clutch ties engine speed to wheel speed at one of a handful of gear ratios. If wheel speed is zero and the clutch is engaged, then engine speed is forced to match the wheel speed, which in a stall is zero.
You explained that so clearly and wonderfully. And I still have no idea.
I search so many videos until i found this good presentation and easy to understand 😊
Wow, thanks a lot! This really helped with me understanding the basics of the clutch.
Love this dude banging it from 1st to 3rd like it's a rental
Grin! You can do it cleanly, as long as you rev match
@@waylonk2453 sure, never suggested you couldn't. Just found out funny in a video about how a clutch works, to do so without mentioning it.
if we had this kind of dope level learning, schools would be so much fun!
Schools aren't supposed to be fun. Govt wants stupid people.
By far the best video on clutch I have watched. 10/10.
You had me at “This video gives logical answers.”
This was so nicely explained and visualised. I wish I had materials like these in my school
God bless you
Best video I ever seen and well explained and animated
This is insane!!!❤ Clear explanation, graphic, animation and everything to the top notch👌
Another thing not mentioned in the video, a clutch has an outside and inside diameter. The reason why is because the max torque applied to the clutch is at the outermost radius. So if an engineer designs a clutch to be able to handle the max engine torque (with a bit of a safety factor of course), the outer radius frictional area and area just below it handles most of the torque. For a clutch designed to have a uniform wear rate (as uniform pressure is too idealized), the ideal ratio of a clutch's inside radius to outside radius is ri = 0.58 * ro. However, clutch desings commonly have proportions between .45ro and .8ro, depending on the space available and torque produced. If you cannot design a system to handle engine torque in the available space and centrifugal force restrictions with just one clutch, you will need more frictional surfaces, which you can calculate. A clutch has 2 frictional surfaces, one to the flywheel and one to the pressure plate. Adding another clutch gives me 4, so if I needed 3 frictional surfaces, I would have to use 2 clutches.
If you would like to read more, read Chapter 18 of Machine Component Design by Robert C. Juvinall and Kurt M. Marshek.
You don’t use the outside diameter of the friction material to calculate the loading, you use the mean diameter. Yes I have designed some clutches! I have worked for the two largest clutch manufacturers in the world! LuK and VALEO!
As a 17 year old car enthusiast ,the deep knowledge of people
Like you two really amazes me.
I'l understand
As a very good very accurate description how a clutch operates and also explains why certain cultures wear off faster then other better design clutches to include clutches with dual friction plates also it needs to be discussed and a diaphragm clutch the diaphragm well fatigue and time depending how many time s it is depressed it is best Tori place the entire clutch assembly why the original clutch begins to slip if for some reason it's slips at a low mileage then replacement or relining the friction disc only is needed
I mostly understood how it worked before, but this has really solidified the mechanics of it. Thank you
Interesting video. Would have been nice to also learn why double-clutching was necessary in some older vehicles.
Basically, it was the lack of syncros.
Great vid! Gotta show my kid who only drove stick ONCE very badly. Didn't know you called it "clutch BITE". I call it clutch SLIPPAGE and curse it every time I need to stop and go uphill in traffic! thanks
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정재웅 exactly what I was gonna say
I never understood how it works... till now.
My friends always told "when to press" but not "why to press"
All sudden I feel actually confident to go get a driving licence.
How'd it go?
After watching this I am glad there is someone who fixes my car when it brakes down.
Whoever invented this is a genius, hats off! Finally I understood how it works
teacher: so what are manual transmission for?
student: we inertia drift
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