Q: Clutch gone out?

asked by on November 09, 2016

When I put car in gear it does not go rpm just goes up with no mph when I put it in gear release the clutch pull and push the brakes it just idles instead shuts off is this a bad clutch disk gone out what do I need to buy to fix the problem?
My car has a manual transmission.

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