On this page, we will try to help you to clear up all the issues you might encounter about your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Mercedes Sprinter? Whether you want to change a flat wheel, or you want to change your tires, you will learn all the required informations on this page. 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 Mercedes Sprinter, then, how to remove flat rim from its Mercedes Sprinter 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 Mercedes Sprinter?
So we start our document by detailing how to change a car tire. You may have made a good deal by buying your tires on the internet, however it is quite difficult to find professionals, car centers which will approve to install tires of your Mercedes Sprinterbought somewhere else than in their commercial enterprise. The question of looking to install them on your own is therefore more than logical.
It is theoretically plausible with a lot of force and a crowbar to change the tires of your Mercedes Sprinter on your own, however, whether or not 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, 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. Whenever you desire to buy tyres on the internet to take advantage of a better deal, take a good look, many of dealers provide the fitting at a partner car centre free of charge.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Mercedes Sprinter?
We now move on to the part you are most certainly most focused on, namely, how to remove the rim of a Mercedes Sprinter stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather basic case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for several years and that due to rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. In fact, it occurs to many car owners to find themselves in this situation and not knowing where to start. This can be extremely annoying if you have a flat tire and need to change the rim on your Mercedes Sprinter. Here are the different possibilities available to you:
- If you have some accessible, after lifting 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 leave it to operate for about ten minutes. From then on, try again to remove the rim from your Mercedes Sprinter.
- Use strength : Although it is almost never the best method, 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 Mercedes Sprinter and this might 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 attempting to unblock it again.
How to remove the rim of a Mercedes Sprinter to change its flat tire and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at this moment going to explain you the most classical 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 complex, here are the several steps to follow:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
- Place your Mercedes Sprinter on a flat surface.
- Put on the hand brake and engage first gear.
- If perhaps you don’t know where the jack of your Mercedes Sprinter is, don’t hesitate to consult our article to learn you where is it located.
- Before jacking up your vehicle, unlock the rim bolts to ensure you won’t give too much stress to your transmission before lifting it
- Lift up your Mercedes Sprinter with the jack and finish unscrewing the rim nuts of your car.
- Remove the flat tire of your Mercedes Sprinter.
- 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.
- End tightening the nuts with the socket wrench
How do you remove the stuck nuts from the rim of a Mercedes Sprinter?
To finish, it can happen that to remove the rim of your Mercedes Sprinter you have to deal with stuck nuts. In this instance, you will have approximately the same possibilities 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 possibility, 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 find more tips on the Mercedes Sprinter, take a look at the Mercedes Sprinter category.
