# Clutch will not engage after i put a new clutch in **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 18, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-will-not-engage-after-i-put-a-new-clutch-in/105042 "2017-06-18T00:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![8rogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/6de8d8/32.png) [@8rogan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/8rogan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-will-not-engage-after-i-put-a-new-clutch-in/105042/1 "2017-06-18T00:57:53Z")
I put a new clutch in my 2001 tiburon and the release fork lever that the slave cylinder hooks onto just flaps around without any resistance and a friend said theres a good chance the throwout bearing popped off and got stuck into the pressure plate and the forks are just free. I took the transmission off just to find the throwout bearing still on the forks, so what could of possibly went wrong? (The flywheel and clutch are in the right way!) ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-will-not-engage-after-i-put-a-new-clutch-in/105042/2 "2017-06-18T01:16:21Z")
The throw-out bearing fork has some sort of pivot that it has to clamp to in order for the fork to work properly. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/6/61e170673acee0bc7d11a626d270ca1429a27702.jpg) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-will-not-engage-after-i-put-a-new-clutch-in/105042/3 "2017-06-18T15:36:02Z")
Could it be that you disconnected the slave cylinder and allowed air to enter the system? A quick bleed might cure the problem.