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Itispossibletocontinuedriving withthepilotlamp“ON”;indoingso,thecoolant
temperatureindicatorshouldbewatchedveryattentively.Itisallowedtoincreasethecoolant
temperatureup to105 °Сmomentary, butnomorethan10 min.
TRANSMISSION
ClutchReleaseControl
YAMZ-236К,YAMZ-238 model’sclutches(mountedonthetruckssuppliedforexport
only) Theclutchisadouble-plate,dry,friction-typeclutchwiththeperipherypositionofcoil
springs. YAMZ-236К, YAMZ-238 model’sclutchesareidenticalindesignanddifferinquantityof
pressurespringsonly.
YAMZ-238 clutchcanbedesignedinthesealedversioninaccordance withtheFigure5.
Theclutchcover16 pressedofsheetsteel,withpressureplate19 ready-assembled,ismountedon
theengineflywheel20,andclutchdrivenplates21 aremountedonthesplinedpartofgearbox
inputshaft.Frontandreardrivenplatesarenon-interchangeablepartsandtheyaremountedinthe
specifiedposition,asshowninFigure.Theclutchdrivenplatesareclampedbyaconstanteffortof
coil pressuresprings17 betweentheengineflywheel,middleandpressureplates.YAMZ-236К
clutchhas18 pressuresprings;YAMZ-238 clutchhas20 pressuresprings.Theheat-insulated
spacers18 arelaidunderthespringsfromthepressureplateend.Thepressureandmiddledriving
platesareconnectedwiththeengineflywheelbyfourpins,locatedontheplateoutersurface.The
clutchdrivenplatesintheclampedpositiontransmittheenginetorquetothegearboxinputshaft.
Declutching isperformedbytheclutchreleasecollar 11.Theclutchreleasecollarwiththe
bearing,moving inthedirectionofengine,leadspressureplatefromtheclutchdrivenplate,
transmittingeffortviafourrigiddrawbacklevers5.Theworkingstrokeofclutchreleasecollar
shouldbe–subjecttothefree stroke–nolessthan18,2mm (size “D”).Thefree strokeisadjusted
bytheclutchreleasedevice.Thethrustringofdrawbackleversmovesinthedirectionofgearbox
by27 mmattheexpenseofpermissiblefrictionliningswear.
Thebacklashallowancesbetweentheclutchdrivenplatesandtheengineflywheel’s
frictionsurfaces,themiddledriving andpressureplates,whendeclutching,aresecuredbythe
automaticadjusterofmiddleplatemovementtotheextentoffrictionlining wear.Theautomatic
adjusterconsistsofclutchreleaserods1, fastenedineveryoffourpinsofmiddledriving plate, split
rings2(itisrequiredtoapplythespecifiedeffort,inordertomovetheringsalongtherod),thrust
plates4, whicharefastenedtotheengineflywheelbyboltstogetherwiththeclutchcover, anddisk-
shapedsprings3,mountedontherodbetweenthesplitring 2andthethrustplate4.When
declutching,thepressureplate19 movesbackwardsby2mmminimum,andreleasesreardriven
plate21. Themiddledriving plate22 actuatedbyclutchreleasespring23 alsomovesbackwardsby
thevalueof1,2±0,1 мм,until thesplitring2restsagainstthethrustplate4viaadisk-shaped
spring,andindongsoreleasing thefrontdrivenplate.Totheextentoffrictionlining wear,the
middledrivingplateundertheeffortofpressureplate’spressurespringsmovestotheengine
flywheel; indoingso, thesplitrings2restagainsttheclutchcover,moving alongtheclutchrelease
rods1andretaining asize betweentheringsandthedisk-shapedsprings.Whenmountingthe
clutchwiththeautomaticadjusterofmiddleplatemovementtotheengineflywheel,observethe
followingorder:
1Mountfrontdrivenplate.
2Mountmiddledriving platewiththeclutchreleaserods.
3Mountreardrivenplate.
4Mountthepressureplatewiththeclutchcoverassembly,fasteneditontheengine
flywheelbymeansofeightshortbolts.
5Fitsplitrings2ontotheclutchreleaserods1,untiltheyrestagainsttheclutchcover.
6Fitfourdisk-shapedspringswiththeconvexsidetothesplitrings.