In this article, we will try to help you get rid of all the problems you could face around your car’s rims. And, principally, how to remove the rim of a Dacia Dokker? Whether you want to replace a flat tyre, or you want to replace your tires, you will discover all the necessary infos reading this article. To accomplish 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 Dacia Dokker, after that, how to remove flat rim from its Dacia Dokker to put the spare tire, and, finally, how to unblock the stuck bolts of a rim.
How to remove the tire from the rim of a Dacia Dokker?
So we begin our article by telling you how to replace a car tire. You maybe
bought your tire on a website, however it is quite complicated to manage to find mechanics, car centers which will approve to mount tires of your Dacia Dokkerpurchased elsewhere than in their business. The question of seeking to mount them without help is therefore more than logical.
It is theoretically possible with a lot of force and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Dacia Dokker alone, however, even 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 without the specific machine, and without it your tires will wear out prematurely. You should know that generally the installation and balancing costs only about twenty euros. In the event that you want to purchase tyres on the internet to benefit of a preferential selling price, take a good look, many of sellers provide the fitting at a partner car centre cost-free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Dacia Dokker?
We now move on to the part you are obviously most curious about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Dacia Dokker stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather traditional circumstance of a rim that hasn’t been removed for a while and that due to rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. In fact, it happens to many motorists to find themselves in this situation and not knowing what you can do. This can be specifically annoying if it turns out you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Dacia Dokker. Here are the different solutions available to you:
- If you have some around, after lifting your car, and when possible on candles, and then taking away the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you inject inside the holes of the nuts and let it to operate for approximately ten minutes. After that, try again to remove the rim from your Dacia Dokker.
- Use muscle : Even though it is rarely the best option, in this kind of circumstance 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 Dacia Dokker and this might 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 making an attempt to unblock it once again.
How to remove the rim of a Dacia Dokker to replace its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are now going to explain you the most traditional process but that everybody doesn’t know, how to remove the rim from its place if you have a puncture tyre and you desire to replace it by the spare wheel? This operation is not difficult, here are the several steps to respect:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
- Place your Dacia Dokker on a flat surface.
- Engage the parking brake and engage first gear.
- If it turns out you don’t know where the jack of your Dacia Dokker is, please have look at our article to help you to locate it.
- Before jacking up your vehicle, unlock the rim bolts to ensure you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift your Dacia Dokker with the jack and finish unscrewing the rim nuts of your car.
- Remove the flat tire of your Dacia Dokker.
- Put on the spare wheel, position the bolts, 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 Dacia Dokker?
Last part of our article, it might happen that to remove the rim of your Dacia Dokker you have to deal with stuck nuts. In this case, you will have more or less the same solutions for the circumstance of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best option will be to use anti-rust lubricant or anti-rust lubricant and allow it work for several minutes before unlocking the nuts. Another possibility, 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 perhaps you have any additional questions about the Dacia Dokker, do not hesitate to consult our Dacia Dokker category.
