outwardly steadily decreases and the toe end 47 of each pawl 48 begins to pivot radially inwardly toward the ratchet member 46 under the bias force applied by the springs 54 on the heel 49 of the pawls 48 until the toe ends 47 of the pawls 48 re engage with the teeth 45 of the ratchet member 46 a spring clamp 75 is attached by bolts 80 to the axial flange portion 72 of the clutch carrier 70 to hold the spring 54 existing ratchet and pawl clutch designs experience spring failures and pawl heel wear a spring fracture and pawl heel wear may alter the performance of the unit in a negative manner a source of spring fractures and pawl heel wear may include contact forces experienced at the spring tip 85 and pawl heel 49 during over running conditions during over running conditions centrifugal force rotates the pawl 48 radially outward which increases spring deflection the force resulting from the deflected spring is non linear and subsequently a greater deflection results in a significantly greater force the greater force accelerates wear between the pawl heel 49 and the spring tip 85 referring now to fig2 5 a pawl stop member 90 a d may be included in the ratchet and pawl clutch assembly and can.