In this post, we have planned to assist you clear up all the problems you may encounter about your car’s rims. And, mainly, how to remove the rim of a Citroen C4? Whether you wish to replace a flat wheel, or you wish to replace your tires, you will find all the required informations reading this page. To do 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 C4, after that, how to remove flat rim from its Citroen C4 to put the spare tire, and, finally, how to unblock the stuck nuts of a rim.
How to remove the tire from the rim of a Citroen C4?
So we start our article content by explicating how to replace a car tire. You may have made a good deal by buying your tires on the internet, however it is quite difficult to manage to find mechanics, car centers which will agree to install tires of your Citroen C4purchased somewhere else than in their business. The question of seeking to install them by yourself is therefore more than respectable.
It is technically plausible with a lot of strength and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Citroen C4 on your own, however, whether or not you succed 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, if you don’t do it, your tires will loose a lot of lifetime. Bear in mind that very often the installation and balancing costs only about twenty euros. In the event that you desire to buy tyres on the web to benefit of a preferential selling price, take a good look, a good number of suppliers provide the fitting at a partner car centre free of charge.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Citroen C4?
We now move on to the part you are obviously most curious about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Citroen C4 stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather typical case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for a long time and that due to rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. In fact, it occurs to a large number of road users to find themselves in this situation and not knowing what you can do. This can be extremely annoying if it turns out you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Citroen C4. Here are the different possibilities available to you:
- If perhaps you have some with you, after lifting your car, and if possible on candles, and then extracting the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you inject inside the holes of the nuts and leave it to operate for approximately ten minutes. From then on, try again to remove the rim from your Citroen C4.
- Use strength : Despite the fact it is almost never the best option, 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 C4 and this should unlock it and allow you to remove it.
- Baste the junction between your rim of rust proof hub and wait a couple of hours before trying to unblock it again.
How to remove the rim of a Citroen C4 to replace its flat tire and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at this time going to describe you the most conventional technique 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 operation is not complicated, here are the several steps to follow:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
- Place your Citroen C4 on a flat surface.
- Engage the parking brake and engage first gear.
- If you don’t know where the jack of your Citroen C4 is, don’t hesitate to read our article to help you to locate it.
- Before jacking up your car, unlock the rim nuts to ensure you won’t give too much stress to your transmission before lifting it
- Lift your Citroen C4 with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
- Remove the flat tire of your Citroen C4.
- Put on the spare wheel, put on the nuts, tighten them all by hand, in a balanced way before putting the car back on the road.
- Complete tightening the nuts with the socket wrench
How do you remove the stuck nuts from the rim of a Citroen C4?
Finally, it can happen that to remove the rim of your Citroen C4 you have to deal with stuck nuts. In such a case, you will have more or less the same possibilities for the case of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best method will be to use anti-rust lubricant or anti-rust lubricant and allow it work for few moments before unlocking the nuts. Another possibility, search for, some exist on batteries of electric shock wrenches they release a much higher torque than your arm plus the socket wrench, and will help you to unlock the nuts.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Citroen C4, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen C4 category.
