On this page, we have planned to help you to resolve all the issues you could face around your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Ford Ka? Whether you need to replace a flat tire, or you need to replace your tires, you will find all the necessary informations reading this article. To achieve 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 Ford Ka, later, how to remove flat rim from its Ford Ka 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 Ford Ka?
So we start 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 professionals, car centers that will agree to install tires of your Ford Kabought in another place than in their business. The question of wanting to install them alone is therefore more than respectable.
It is technically possible with a lot of strength and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Ford Ka alone, however, whether or not 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 if you dont have the specific tools, if you don’t do it, your tires will loose a lot of lifetime. Take notice that generally the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. Whenever you prefer to purchase tyres on the web to take advantage of a better pricing, take a good look, many of suppliers include the fitting at a partner car centre totally free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Ford Ka?
We now move on to the part you are clearly most enthusiastic about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Ford Ka stuck to its hub, and more specifically, the rather basic circumstance 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 reality, it happens to many motorists to find themselves in this situation and not knowing how to handle it. This can be specifically annoying in the event that you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Ford Ka. Here are the different alternatives available to you:
- In the event you have some accessible, after jacking up your car, and when possible on candles, and then taking away the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you put in inside the holes of the nuts and let it to work for about ten minutes. Following that, try again to remove the rim from your Ford Ka.
- Use muscle : Although it is pretty much never the best method, 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 Ford Ka 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 making an attempt to unblock it once again.
How to remove the rim of a Ford Ka to replace its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at the moment going to show you you the most common technique 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 process is not complex, here are the different steps to follow:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
- Place your Ford Ka on a flat surface.
- Engage the hand brake and engage first gear.
- In the event that you don’t know where the jack of your Ford Ka is, don’t hesitate to read our article to help you to locate it.
- Before lifting your car, unlock the rim bolts to ensure you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift up your Ford Ka with the jack and finish unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
- Remove the flat tire of your Ford Ka.
- Put 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.
- Complete tightening the nuts with the socket wrench
How do you remove the stuck nuts from the rim of a Ford Ka?
Finally, it may happen that to remove the rim of your Ford Ka you have to deal with stuck nuts. In this case, you will have pretty much the same alternatives 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 let it work for several minutes 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.
To get more tips on the Ford Ka, take a look at the Ford Ka category.
