On this page, we have planned to help you to solve all the problems you may come across around your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Citroen C15? Whether you need to replace a flat tire, or you need to replace your tires, you will learn all the important infos reading this article. To achieve this, we’ll see first how to remove the tire from a car rim, then, in a second part, how to remove a stuck rim on a Citroen C15, later, how to remove flat rim from its Citroen C15 to put the spare tire, and, at last, how to unblock the stuck bolts of a rim.
How to remove the tire from the rim of a Citroen C15?
So we start our article by telling you how to replace a car tire. You may have made a good deal by buying your tires on the internet, however it is quite complicated to find mechanics, car centers that will approve to install tires of your Citroen C15bought somewhere else than in their commercial enterprise. The question of seeking to install them on your own is therefore more than logical.
It is theoretically plausible with a lot of strength and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Citroen C15 on your own, however, even if you manage to take off both sidewalls of the tire, to loosen it, and to put the new tire back on, you won’t be able to balance the tire if you dont have the specific tools, and without it your tires will wear out prematurely. Take note that very often the installation and balancing costs only about twenty euros. Whenever you desire to buy tyres on the internet to benefit of a preferential deal, take a good look, many of dealers will offer you the fitting at a partner car centre cost-free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Citroen C15?
We now move on to the part you are certainly most interested in, namely, how to remove the rim of a Citroen C15 stuck to its hub, and more specifically, the rather classic case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for quite a long time and that due to rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. In fact, it happens to a good number of road users to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing where to start. This can be extremely annoying in the event that you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Citroen C15. Here are the different alternatives available to you:
- In the event you have some available, after lifting your car, and if you can on candles, and then taking away the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you put in right into the holes of the nuts and leave it to work for approximately ten minutes. Following that, try again to remove the rim from your Citroen C15.
- Use strength : Although it is almost never the best solution, in this kind of case you are facing solid pieces that do not risk much, and with the help of a mallet and a wooden wedge you can hit the side of the rim of your Citroen C15 and this should unlock it and allow you to remove it.
- Baste the junction between your rim of rust proof hub and wait some hours before making an attempt to unblock it again.
How to remove the rim of a Citroen C15 to replace its flat tire and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are now going to teach you you the most common procedure but that everybody doesn’t know, how to remove the rim from its place if you have a puncture tyre and you need to replace it by the spare wheel? This technique is not complex, here are the different steps to follow:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
- Set your Citroen C15 on a flat surface.
- Put on the hand brake and engage first gear.
- If perhaps you don’t know where the jack of your Citroen C15 is, please have look at our article to help you to locate it.
- Before lifting your car, unlock the rim bolts in order that you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift your Citroen C15 with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
- Remove the flat tire of your Citroen C15.
- Put on the spare wheel, put on the bolts, tighten them all by hand, in a balanced way before putting the car back on the road.
- End tightening the nuts with the socket wrench
How do you remove the stuck nuts from the rim of a Citroen C15?
To finish , it might happen that to remove the rim of your Citroen C15 you have to deal with stuck nuts. In this case, you will have approximately the same alternatives for the case of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best alternative will be to use anti-rust lubricant or anti-rust lubricant and let it work for few moments before unlocking the nuts. Another option, try to find, some exist on batteries of electric shock wrenches they generate a much higher torque than your arm plus the socket wrench, and will help you to unlock the nuts.
To find more tips on the Citroen C15, take a look at the Citroen C15 category.
