Clutch Housing
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The clutch housing is bolted and doweled to the rear of the engine. It houses the flywheel, clutch, clutch release fork, clutch release bearing guide and input shaft seal. It also provides space for the differential, a differential bearing, and a seal housing for the right hand drive shaft. See Fig 1 and Fig 2 .