# New clutch, will go into gears when truck is off but not when it is on **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ram, dodge, 1500\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-clutch-will-go-into-gears-when-truck-is-off-but-not-when-it-is-on/46899 "2010-03-30T22:45:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![douchetin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@douchetin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/douchetin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-clutch-will-go-into-gears-when-truck-is-off-but-not-when-it-is-on/46899/1 "2010-03-30T22:45:42Z")
i just recently put a new clutch in my truck and when the truck is off i can move the shifter into gears but she i turn it on i press the clutch pedal and it still wont go into gear ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-clutch-will-go-into-gears-when-truck-is-off-but-not-when-it-is-on/46899/2 "2010-03-30T22:54:17Z")
Do you have direct clutch linkage or a hydraulic one? What is the year of the truck? ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-clutch-will-go-into-gears-when-truck-is-off-but-not-when-it-is-on/46899/3 "2010-03-30T23:24:42Z")
Did you adjust the clutch pedal? Even an hydraulic clutch has an adjuster. Most are under the dash for hydraulic. Also, did you try to bleed the hydraulic system? ---
**Author:** ![douchetin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@douchetin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/douchetin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-clutch-will-go-into-gears-when-truck-is-off-but-not-when-it-is-on/46899/4 "2010-03-31T00:38:44Z")
hydraulic,the slave cylinder has fluid in it too ---
**Author:** ![douchetin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@douchetin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/douchetin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-clutch-will-go-into-gears-when-truck-is-off-but-not-when-it-is-on/46899/5 "2010-03-31T00:39:46Z")
we didnt bleed it,im a high school student,my auto teacher told me to keep pumping the pedal to pump fluid into it but it didnt work ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-clutch-will-go-into-gears-when-truck-is-off-but-not-when-it-is-on/46899/6 "2010-03-31T01:11:45Z")
Unless you bleed the air out, your not helping yourself. There’s a bleed valve at the slave cylinder just for this purpose. Do you know the technique where you pump, pump, pump, hold, and bleed? ---
**Author:** ![douchetin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@douchetin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/douchetin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-clutch-will-go-into-gears-when-truck-is-off-but-not-when-it-is-on/46899/7 "2010-03-31T01:39:37Z")
nope,i know where the reservoir for the clutch fluid is,where are you supposed to bleed it from? ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-clutch-will-go-into-gears-when-truck-is-off-but-not-when-it-is-on/46899/8 "2010-03-31T01:42:02Z")
Down at the slave cylinder. Where is the truck now? If you can drop a transmission and replace the clutch, you should be able to bleed the hydraulic clutch system. It is very similar to bleeding the brake system.