In this specific article, we want to help you get rid of all the problems you could face about your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Citroen Saxo? Whether you need to replace a flat tyre, or you need to change your tires, you will discover all the required informations reading this article. To do so, 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 Saxo, then, how to remove flat rim from its Citroen Saxo 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 Saxo?
So we begin 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 professionals, car centers which will accept to install tires of your Citroen Saxobought in another place than in their commercial enterprise. The question of seeking to install them alone is therefore more than respectable.
It is technically plausible with a lot of strength and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Citroen Saxo alone, however, regardless if 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 generally the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. Whenever you prefer to purchase tyres on websites to benefit of a preferential pricing, take a good look, a good number of dealers offer the fitting at a partner car centre absolutely free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Citroen Saxo?
We now move on to the part you are most certainly most enthusiastic about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Citroen Saxo stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather classic case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for several years and that because of rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. In fact, it occurs to many motorists to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing where to start. This can be specifically annoying in the case you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Citroen Saxo. Here are the different possibilities available to you:
- If you have some with you, after jacking up your car, and if you can on candles, and then extracting the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you inject into the holes of the nuts and leave it to operate for about ten minutes. Following that, try again to remove the rim from your Citroen Saxo.
- Use strength : Even though it is almost never the best choice, 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 Saxo and this should certainly unlock it and allow you to remove it.
- Baste the junction between your rim of rust proof hub and wait a period of time before trying to unblock it again.
How to remove the rim of a Citroen Saxo to replace its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at this moment going to show you you the most conventional method but that everybody doesn’t know, how to remove the rim from its place if you have a puncture tyre and you wish to change it by the spare wheel? This process is not difficult, here are the several steps to respect:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
- Place your Citroen Saxo on a flat surface.
- Put on the parking brake and engage first gear.
- If you don’t know where the jack of your Citroen Saxo is, please have look at our article to learn you where is it located.
- Before jacking up your vehicle, unlock the rim nuts to ensure you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift your Citroen Saxo with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your car.
- Take the flat rim off your Citroen Saxo.
- Put on the spare wheel, position 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 Saxo?
Finally, it might happen that to remove the rim of your Citroen Saxo you have to deal with stuck nuts. In this case, you will have pretty much the same possibilities for the case of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best option will be to use anti-rust lubricant or anti-rust lubricant and let it work for a bit of time before unlocking the nuts. Another choice, try to find, 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 you wish more guides on the Citroen Saxo, go to our Citroen Saxo category.
