Wear Analysis of Support Spring of Sprag Clutch during State of Overrunning

Table 6

Relative sensitivity of wear in support spring to changes in the various parameters at different times.

Spring parameters	Sensitivity at t = 100 h	Sensitivity at t = 300 h	Sensitivity at t = 500 h
Free length L	2.20	2.01	2.15
Pitch diameter D	0.08	0.08	0.07
Wire diameter d	0.97	1.02	1.03