Clutch cover assembly

A clutch cover assembly for biasing a friction facing of a clutch disk assembly toward a flywheel to engage a clutch, comprising:

• a clutch cover being fixed to said flywheel;
• a pressure plate neighboring said friction facing, and having a first side surface opposed to said friction facing and a second side surface on an opposite side;
• a fulcrum ring being arranged on said second side surface of said pressure plate;
• a pushing member being supported by said clutch cover to apply a pushing force to said fulcrum ring toward said pressure plate;
• a biasing mechanism to apply a load to said fulcrum ring to bias said fulcrum ring away from said pressure plate;
• a restricting mechanism to restrict movement of said pressure plate away from said friction facing in a clutch release operation, to detect a wear amount of said friction facing, and to shift a stopping position of said pressure plate moved away from said friction facing in accordance with said wear amount toward said friction facing;
• a first elastic member to bias said pressure plate away from said friction facing;
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• a second elastic member to bias said pressure plate and said fulcrum ring axially toward each other.