In this article, we will try to help you solve all the issues you could encounter about your car’s rims. And, mainly, how to remove the rim of a Fiat Doblo? 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 accomplish this, we’ll see first how to remove the tire from a car rim, then, in a second step, how to remove a stuck rim on a Fiat Doblo, later, how to remove flat rim from its Fiat Doblo 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 Fiat Doblo?
So we start our content page by explicating how to replace a car tire. You maybe
bought your tire on a website, however it is quite difficult to manage to find mechanics, car centers that will consent to mount tires of your Fiat Doblobought somewhere else than in their business. The question of looking to mount them without hiring somebody is therefore more than legitimate.
It is technically feasible with a lot of force and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Fiat Doblo alone, however, regardless 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 without the specific machine, if you don’t do it, your tires will loose a lot of lifetime. Take note that very often the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. If you desire to purchase tyres on websites to take advantage of a better price, take a good look, many of sellers will offer you the fitting at a partner car centre cost-free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Fiat Doblo?
We now go forward to the part you are obviously most focused on, namely, how to remove the rim of a Fiat Doblo stuck to its hub, and more specifically, the rather classic case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for a while and that because of rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. In reality, it occurs to a good number of motorists to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing where to start. This can be particularly annoying if it turns out you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Fiat Doblo. Here are the different solutions available to you:
- If you have some available, after lifting your car, and when possible on candles, and then getting rid of 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. After that, try again to remove the rim from your Fiat Doblo.
- Use muscle : Despite the fact it is not often 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 Doblo and this should unlock it and allow you to remove it.
- Baste the junction between your rim of rust proof hub and wait a few hours before attempting to unblock it again.
How to remove the rim of a Fiat Doblo to replace its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at this time going to explain you the most classical process but that everybody doesn’t know, how to remove the rim from its place if you have a puncture tyre and you want to replace it by the spare wheel? This procedure is not difficult, here are the different steps to respect:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to endanger yourself.
- Set your Fiat Doblo on a flat surface.
- Put on the parking brake and shift into first gear.
- In the event that you don’t know where the jack of your Fiat Doblo is, please consult 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 Doblo with the jack and finish unscrewing the rim nuts of your car.
- Remove the flat tire of your Fiat Doblo.
- Placed 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 Fiat Doblo?
To finish, it can happen that to remove the rim of your Fiat Doblo you have to deal with stuck nuts. In such a case, you will have pretty much the same solutions 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 let it work for few moments before unlocking the nuts. Another choice, 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.
If you want more guides on the Fiat Doblo, go to our Fiat Doblo category.
