In this post, we have planned to help you get rid of all the problems you might encounter around your car’s rims. And, mainly, how to remove the rim of a Fiat 500 X? Whether you need to replace a flat wheel, or you need to replace your tires, you will learn all the important informations on this page. 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 Fiat 500 X, then, how to remove flat rim from its Fiat 500 X 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 Fiat 500 X?
So we start our article content by detailing 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 that will approve to install tires of your Fiat 500 Xpurchased elsewhere than in their commercial enterprise. The question of seeking to install them without help is therefore more than logical.
It is technically feasible with a lot of force and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Fiat 500 X 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, if you don’t do it, your tires will loose a lot of lifetime. Be aware that very often the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. In the event that you prefer to buy tyres on the internet to benefit of a preferential deal, take a good look, a good number of sellers include the fitting at a partner car centre free of charge.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Fiat 500 X?
We now go forward to the part you are obviously most enthusiastic about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Fiat 500 X stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather classic 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 good number of road users to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing where to start. This can be extremely annoying if it turns out you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Fiat 500 X. Here are the different possibilities available to you:
- If you have some available, after lifting your car, and if you can on candles, and then getting rid of the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you put in into the holes of the nuts and let it to operate for approximately ten minutes. Following that, try again to remove the rim from your Fiat 500 X.
- Use muscle : Although it is not usually the best alternative, 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 Fiat 500 X 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 attempting to unblock it once again.
How to remove the rim of a Fiat 500 X to replace its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at this time going to explain you the most traditional method 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 method is not difficult, here are the different steps to respect:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to endanger yourself.
- Place your Fiat 500 X on a flat surface.
- Put on the parking brake and shift into first gear.
- If perhaps you don’t know where the jack of your Fiat 500 X is, don’t hesitate to have look at our article to learn you where is it located.
- Before jacking up your car, unlock the rim bolts to ensure that you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift your Fiat 500 X with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
- Remove the flat tire of your Fiat 500 X.
- 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 Fiat 500 X?
Finally, it can happen that to remove the rim of your Fiat 500 X 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 allow it work for a bit of time before unlocking the nuts. Another option, try to look for, 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.
If you want more tutorials on the Fiat 500 X, go to our Fiat 500 X category.
