slipping clutch

Unfortunately he got a bad start in the race due to a slipping clutch and was only 10th going into the first corner.

On lap 66 he retired with a slipping clutch.

Or, to change the metaphor, a weak conviction acts on faith like a slipping clutch.

Caracciola struggled with a slipping clutch that gave in on lap 53.

Gurney may have been tempted to challenge for the lead again, but a slipping clutch caused him to think better of it.

And he had let the clutch out against the brake to test for slipping clutch plates.

This is prevented with a slipping clutch device.

To prevent this, a slipping clutch device is used on the mainspring so it cannot be overwound.

Farina pulled up at Abbey curve after 75 laps with a slipping clutch and his engine on fire.

On a down-slopping incline, the creep function, simulated using the slipping clutch, is not sufficient to prevent the car from rolling forward.

This was due to a slipping clutch which had already reduced the vehicle's efficiency to 119.8 MPGe on the track.

Berger and Irvine, meanwhile, made poor starts as they struggled with slipping clutches, dropping to ninth and 13th positions respectively.

Do not hold the car on an incline by depressing the accelerator pedal, as the slipping clutch will overheat and lead to clutch damage.

The system consisted of high speed slipping clutches which transfer torque to and from the vehicle, coupled to a 60,000 RPM flywheel.

This gearbox provided a quick and economic driving experience, despite the resemblance of the sensation of the continuously variable transmission to that of a slipping clutch.

Drilling responds to the same description; general-purpose power tools ("drill/drivers") are designed for both screwdriving and drilling, with a slipping clutch and low speed added to the drilling functionality.

The Super Cub sold poorly at first, owing mainly to the recession in Japan, and then 3 months after the 1958 launch, customer complaints began rolling in about slipping clutches.

Hans-Joachim Stuck, who had seen his fine sixth-place qualifying effort wasted by a slipping clutch on the grid, was working his way forward and had now reached the end of this group.

The report deafened Shoz-Dijiji, the powder burned his brow; but at the same instant he wrenched his wrist free from the slipping clutch of the Mexican and drove his blade home between the other's shoulders.

At 3500 miles into the Metro's life, the Rover dealer had to sort out a badly slipping clutch and, a few miles later, replace the brake pads in a effort to cure the soggy feel of the originals.

This is in contrast to cassette tapes or DATs where the tape is moved past the head by a capstan and pinch wheel, but the takeup reel is driven by a servo motor or slipping clutch.

Team Lamborghini was eliminated in the fourth episode after they decided that they would rather not ruin the car, as the car already has an estimated $60,000 worth of damages (from a slipping clutch and from hitting a raccoon), therefore finishing the final leg on a flatbed.

His attempt to suggest that the diagnosis and appropriate medical and surgical intervention of disc disease is on a par with evaluating and fixing a slipping clutch implies to me that either his own logical clutch slipped, or that he has no insight into the vagaries that go into many medical decisions and judgments.