Mazda 1990 323 Workshop Manual Supplement page 77

RELEASE BEARING
?ELEASE BEARING
CLUTCH PEDAL RELEASED
RELEAsE FORK
RELEASE BEARING
CLUTCH PEDALDEPRESSED
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To improve clutch operation feeling and increased parts life, a newly designed friction plate with needle roll-
er bearings is used between the release fork and the release bearing.
With the inclusion of this friction plate, the force required to depress the clutch pedal is reduced because
the usual sliding-contact action between the release bearing and the release fork is changed to a rolling
action of the friction plate.
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