In this article, we want to help you eliminate all the issues you might face about your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Kia Stronic? Whether you need to change a flat wheel, or you need to replace your tires, you will learn all the important infos reading 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 Kia Stronic, after that, how to remove flat rim from its Kia Stronic 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 Kia Stronic?
So we begin our document by explaining how to change a car tire. You maybe
bought your tire on a website, however it is quite difficult to find professionals, car centers which will approve to mount tires of your Kia Stronicbought elsewhere than in their commercial enterprise. The question of wanting to mount them alone is therefore more than logical.
It is technically feasible with a lot of force and a crowbar to change the tires of your Kia Stronic yourself, 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 if you dont have the specific tools, and without it your tires will wear out prematurely. You should know that frequently the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. In the event that you prefer to purchase tyres on the web to benefit of a better selling price, take a good look, a good number of dealers provide the fitting at a partner car centre free of charge.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Kia Stronic?
We now move on to the part you are most certainly most interested in, namely, how to remove the rim of a Kia Stronic stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather basic 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. Indeed, it occurs to many motorists to find themselves in this situation and not knowing how to proceed. This can be particularly annoying if it turns out you have a flat tire and need to change the rim on your Kia Stronic. Here are the different alternatives available to you:
- In the case you have some around, after jacking up your car, and when possible on candles, and then extracting 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. After that, try again to remove the rim from your Kia Stronic.
- Use strength : Although it is pretty much never the best choice, 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 Kia Stronic 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 couple of hours before trying to unblock it again.
How to remove the rim of a Kia Stronic to change its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at this time going to show you 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 wish 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 Kia Stronic on a flat surface.
- Put on the parking brake and engage first gear.
- If you don’t know where the jack of your Kia Stronic is, don’t hesitate to have look at our article to help you to locate it.
- Before lifting your car, unlock the rim bolts to ensure that you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift up your Kia Stronic with the jack and finish unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
- Take the flat rim off your Kia Stronic.
- 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.
- Finish tightening the nuts with the socket wrench
How do you remove the stuck nuts from the rim of a Kia Stronic?
Finally, it might happen that to remove the rim of your Kia Stronic you have to deal with stuck nuts. In this case, you will have approximately the same alternatives for the case of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best solution 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 choice, 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 Kia Stronic, take a look at the Kia Stronic category.
