摘要 |
A process for adjusting a friction clutch system of the type including a housing arrangement; a pressure plate; a stored-energy device supported against the housing and the pressure plate; a wear-compensating device installed in the path of support between the stored-energy device and one of the housing arrangement and the pressure plate, this device having a detection element on the pressure plate, which in association with a stop element fixed with respect to the housing arrangement, detects the amount of wear which has occurred in the friction clutch; a clutch-release mechanism for exerting force on the stored-energy device in the direction opposite its relaxation direction in order to carry out release operations; and a transmission shaft braking arrangement which is activated when a brake-release position is reached during a clutch-release operation. The process includes the following steps:(a) using the clutch-release arrangement to adjust the stored-energy device to a basic pretension position from which the clutch-release arrangement moves through a brake-release stroke to reach a brake-release position; and(b) while the stored-energy device is held in the basic pretension position, adjusting at least one of the stop element and the detection element in such a way that the stored-energy device is released from the basic pretension position and the subsequent relaxation of the stored-energy device beyond the basic pretension position results in the activation of the wear-compensating device in such a way that, after completion of an adjustment process, the stored-energy device is still essentially in its basic pretension position when the friction clutch is engaged.
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