In this specific article, we want to help you to get rid of all the problems you could face around your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Fiat Grande Punto? Whether you want to change a flat tyre, or you want to change your tires, you will find all the important informations reading this article. To do 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 Grande Punto, after that, how to remove flat rim from its Fiat Grande Punto to put the spare tire, and, at last, how to unblock the stuck nuts of a rim.

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How to remove the tire from the rim of a Fiat Grande Punto?

So we begin our content page by explaining how to change a car tire. You maybe
bought your tire on a website, however it is quite difficult to manage to find professionals, car centers which will consent to install tires of your Fiat Grande Puntobought in a different place than in their commercial enterprise. The question of seeking to install them without any help is therefore more than respectable.

It is technically possible with a lot of force and a crowbar to change the tires of your Fiat Grande Punto 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, and without it your tires will wear out prematurely. You should know that very often the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. In the event that you want to buy tyres on websites to take advantage of a preferential deal, take a good look, a good number of suppliers will offer you the fitting at a partner car centre totally free.

How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Fiat Grande Punto?

We now move on to the part you are most certainly most interested in, namely, how to remove the rim of a Fiat Grande Punto stuck to its hub, and more specifically, the rather basic case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for quite a long time and that because of rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. In reality, it happens to many car owners to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing how to proceed. This can be particularly annoying if you have a flat tire and need to change the rim on your Fiat Grande Punto. Here are the different possibilities available to you:

  • If perhaps you have some around, after jacking up your car, and if possible on candles, and then removing the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you inject right into the holes of the nuts and let it to work for about ten minutes. Following that, try again to remove the rim from your Fiat Grande Punto.
  • Use muscle : Even though it is almost never the best solution, 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 Grande Punto 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 again.

How to remove the rim of a Fiat Grande Punto to change its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?

We are at the moment going to describe you the most traditional technique but that everybody doesn’t know, how to remove the rim from its place if you have a puncture tyre and you want to change it by the spare wheel? This procedure is not complicated, here are the different steps to follow:

  • Stay out of traffic so as not to endanger yourself.
  • Place your Fiat Grande Punto on a flat surface.
  • Put on the hand brake and engage first gear.
  • If it turns out you don’t know where the jack of your Fiat Grande Punto is, don’t hesitate to read our article to help you to locate it.
  • Before jacking up your car, unlock the rim nuts in order that you don’t force your transmission once lifted
  • Lift up your Fiat Grande Punto with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
  • Remove the flat tire of your Fiat Grande Punto.
  • 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.
  • End tightening the nuts with the socket wrench

How do you remove the stuck nuts from the rim of a Fiat Grande Punto?

To finish, it may happen that to remove the rim of your Fiat Grande Punto you have to deal with stuck nuts. In such a case, you will have approximately the same possibilities for the case of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best alternative 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 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 need more tutorials on the Fiat Grande Punto, go to our Fiat Grande Punto category.