Clutch Plates
The clutch plate is a disc that slides over the gearbox input shaft. The spline or teeth at the centre of the clutch plate match the teeth of the gearbox input shaft. When the clutch plate slides over the shaft, the matching spline teeth mean the clutch plate is keyed or locked into the gearbox input shaft, and is positioned flat to the flywheel. Around the outside of the clutch plate, on both sides, there is a hoop of friction material. The friction material riveted to the disc is designed to grip the flywheel. Because of the interlocking spline, the clutch plate and gearbox input shaft will then turn together
Slippage. One of the primary signs of a worn out clutch plate is when there is clutch slippage,Shuddering,Chirping or grinding noise,Trouble with shifting gears. Are some of the the signs to change the clutch plate.
