Friction clutch with spacer sleeves

A friction clutch for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a flywheel which defines an axis of rotation and has a friction surface;
• a clutch housing fastened to the flywheel;
• a hub arranged in the clutch housing, the hub having an inner toothing that is placeable on a gear shaft concentric to the axis of rotation so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to the gear shaft;
• at least one clutch disk connected with the hub so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative thereto;
• a contact pressure plate connected with the clutch housing and with the flywheel so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative thereto, but so as to be axially displaceable, the contact pressure plate having a friction surface;
• a diaphragm spring arranged between the clutch housing and the contact pressure plate for loading the contact pressure plate in a direction of the flywheel for clamping the clutch disk between the friction surfaces of the contact pressure plate and the flywheel;
• one of a contact bead and a wire ring arranged so as to support the diaphragm spring at the clutch housing on a medium diameter;
• a circumferentially extending ring with a contact bead arranged to support a side of the diaphragm spring located opposite the clutch housing;
• a plurality of spacer sleeves arranged concentrically to the axis of rotation and circumferentially on the clutch housing so as to support the circumferentially extending ring, the spacer sleeves penetrating corresponding openings in the diaphragm spring;
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• means for fixing the spacer sleeves at the clutch housing, the circumferentially extending ring having centering shoulders configured to contact each spacer sleeve so as to fix the spacer sleeve in a form-locking manner with the circumferentially extending ring at least in the circumferential direction.