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Difference between a clutch and a gear?

Updated: 12/14/2022
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A clutch is a device that connects or disconnects the powersource to the gears. A gear on the other hand is the actual device through which power is transfered.

In a car you typically have five forward gears, one reverse gear, and one clutch.

In the simplest design, the engine drives a shaft - which drives a gear - which drives the wheel. The clutch allows the engine to spin either engaged or disengaged from the shaft. You can think of it like mixer... there are different speeds you can choose, but if you don't have the bit engaged it won't spin... The clutch essentially is like taking the bit out of a beater.

Hope that makes sense

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