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Old 02-20-2014, 01:53 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sarguy01 View Post
Again, I am not suggesting the clutch is slipping at all times. I am suggesting an engaged clutch can slip under certain circumstances. I am not saying it WILL, I am saying it CAN. I do not think that while I am driving my clutch is constantly slipping.
But that's how I read your post - that a clutch is never fully engaged and that some slippage was always occurring.
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In our world, we can assume all we want about the clutch not slipping. But, under the physics world, a clutch can slip. Do you disagree??
CAN slip, sure. DOES 'slip', a tiny bit, i.e. the flywheel and pressure plate do not maintain perfect 1:1 rotation, under certain circumstances, when the operator would otherwise assume that it was not slipping, sure. But *always* slipping? I don't buy it.
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