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A motor vehicle clutch control for vehicles which are equipped with manual transmissions. The control has multiple hydraulic actuators which are mounted on a conventional stationary bell shaped housing which encloses a clutch. The actuators are positioned apart from the axis of the clutch and act di

A motor vehicle clutch control for vehicles which are equipped with manual transmissions. The control has multiple hydraulic actuators which are mounted on a conventional stationary bell shaped housing which encloses a clutch. The actuators are positioned apart from the axis of the clutch and act directly on a member which is centered on the rotational axis of the clutch. The bell shaped housing has apertures which cooperate with the “off axis”mounting of the actuators to allow the inspection and the servicing of the actuators without the removal of the bell housing or other adjacent parts from a vehicle. In a first embodiment of the invention, the actuators are mounted on a detachable bracket in the interior of the housing and are accessible for installation and removal through an aperture in the side of the housing. In the second embodiment of the invention the actuators are mounted on the rear of the housing and have output members which extend through apertures in the rear of the housing. The “off axis”mounting cooperates with the apertures to allow their installation and removal from the housing.

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In a motor vehicle of the type having an engine with a rotatable output member for applying the torque of the engine to a load, a transmission having a rotatable input member for receiving and transmitting the engine torque to said load, a clutch which is fixed to said engine output member and rotat

In a motor vehicle of the type having an engine with a rotatable output member for applying the torque of the engine to a load, a transmission having a rotatable input member for receiving and transmitting the engine torque to said load, a clutch which is fixed to said engine output member and rotatable about the same axis as said engine output member for coupling and de-coupling said engine output member to said transmission input member, and a control for actuating said clutch to selectively couple and de-couple said engine output member to said transmission input member said control having a member which is moveable in the direction of the rotational axis of said clutch for actuating said clutch, the improvement comprising: a stationary bell housing mounted on said engine for enclosing said clutch and said moveable control member, said bell housing having an outer wall and at least one aperture in said wall for installing and removing a pair of actuators mounted inside of said housing which is located apart from the axis of said clutch; at least two actuators spaced apart from the axis of said clutch and mounted on said bell housing for displacing said moveable member to actuate said clutch and de-couple said transmission input member from said engine output member, each of said actuators comprising a housing and a piston, said actuator housings being detachably mounted to said bell housing such that said actuator housings are restrained from moving axially in said bell housing; and a means for detachably mounting said actuators to said bell housing apart from the axis of said clutch; said mounting means having an intermediate portion between said actuators which is eccentric to said clutch axis for installing and removing said actuators through said aperture of said bell housing when said housing is mounted on the vehicle\s engine.