# Clutch won't disengage **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 3, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543 "2015-01-03T00:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 10:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543/21 "2015-01-05T10:35:52Z")
@Killabeaver‌, I slightly edited your post to tone down the language. I think I preserved your meaning. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543/22 "2015-01-05T11:04:42Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543/23 "2015-01-05T20:46:33Z")
I hope he comes back. I’d like to know what exactly was the problem. We could all learn what not to do…or at least get a good laugh out of the fact that he just not noticed that the half shafts were still propped against the wall the whole time. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543/24 "2015-01-05T23:13:51Z")
That half shafts propped against the wall comment strikes home to me. The most embarassing thing I’ve ever done involved a pair of half shafts that were not against the wall. They were in the car; just not in the location where they would have helped prevent the problem… 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543/25 "2015-01-06T08:17:32Z")
Yep, @OK4450, we all have likely done something like that. Get in a hurry and it’s easy to forget things. Just today I had a Mini Van on the scissors lift for an oil change. I had a few things to do topside while I put in the fresh oil so I lowered the van, but not quite all the way. I finished all the work and told the owner that he could pull it out, and I’d clean up the area. I looked just in time before the lift got dragged beyond the length of it’s hose. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543/26 "2015-01-06T08:34:43Z")
@Yosemite, as the car rocketed backwards on its own down a steep incline after I released the park brake the thought of placing both half shafts in the trunk earlier suddenly re-entered my mind… To add insult to injury, as I stumbled backwards out of the way the left front tire rolled over my sneaker clad foot which did not help a previously broken foot any… 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543/27 "2015-01-06T08:45:57Z")
That is a good story @Ok4450. Funny how we make mistakes when we are not thinking. I know I did something stupid this summer. I had replaced a Alternator and put the serpentine belt back on before starting it. Started it and when I glanced at the gauge it wasn’t charging at all. Removed the belt again and was removing the Alternator bolts when I noticed that I had never plugged the alternator into the harness. I guess I figured the electricity would just jump to the right terminal. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543/28 "2015-01-06T23:59:03Z")
Yosemite When I was a teenager my parents bought a new 1967 Chevy. I was driving it when the alternator light came on. I parked, shut it down, and popped the hood. The belt was tight. I then noticed the dangling alternator plug! The spring clips were not broken and when I pushed it into the socket it had a satisfying click and could not be pulled out. The car was less than 6 months old and no repairs had been done. The plug had obviously been pushed in far enough to function but not lock at the factory and finally just fell out. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-wont-disengage/88543.md?page=1)