What happens when your clutch goes out while driving

Regular car, truck, and motorcycle maintenance and inspection can often preventor catch problems before they become catastrophic. However, it’s relatively easy to inspect your brakes or check your oil level.

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Not every vehicle component is so easily examined, especially the transmission. And apart from the transmission fluid—which isn’t actually a ‘lifetime fluid’—there’s one component that needs attention from time to time: the clutch.

How does a clutch work?

Usually, clutches are most-associated with manual transmissions.

Although increasingly rare, some cars and trucks still offer a stick. And with motorcycles, it’s the rule, not the exception.

As Donut Media and CJ Pony Parts explain, to get power to a wheel, it has to travel from the engine’s crankshaft through the transmission and driveshaft, and into a differential.

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But you can’t change gears just by moving the shifter. The engine and driveshaft turn at different speeds, and shifting like that would severely damage the transmission. That’s why there’s a clutch.

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