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When a new commercial vehicle project begins or some changes are necessary in the current products, the development of clutch pedals has a strong dependence with the powertrain characteristics which generally affects the clutch behavior and its actuation system. Although theoretical analyses are always taken into consideration, experimental procedures in bench tests and vehicles play an important role in the determination of new configurations for the clutch actuation system. Nowadays cost reduction, unification and quality gains must be considered in the project and development process. The above considerations mean that the work in bench tests regarding clutch actuation systems must be emphasized to simulate their behavior in the vehicle.