On this page, we have planned to help you fix all the problems you could come across about your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Opel Mokka? Whether you need to replace a flat wheel, or you need to change your tires, you will learn 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 Opel Mokka, after that, how to remove flat rim from its Opel Mokka 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 Opel Mokka?
So we start our article content by explaining how to replace a car tire. You maybe
bought your tire on a website, however it is quite complicated to find mechanics, car centers which will approve to install tires of your Opel Mokkabought elsewhere than in their commercial enterprise. The question of looking to install them on your own is therefore more than respectable.
It is technically feasible with a lot of force and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Opel Mokka without help, 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, and without it your tires will wear out prematurely. Be aware that very often the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. In the event that you desire to purchase tyres on the web to benefit of a better deal, take a good look, a good number of retailers include the fitting at a partner car centre totally free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Opel Mokka?
We now move on to the part you are certainly most interested in, namely, how to remove the rim of a Opel Mokka stuck to its hub, and more specifically, the rather typical case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for quite a while and that because of rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. In reality, it happens to a large number of drivers to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing what you can do. This can be particularly annoying if it turns out you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Opel Mokka. Here are the different possibilities available to you:
- If you have some accessible, after jacking up your car, and if possible on candles, and then removing the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you inject inside the holes of the nuts and let it to work for about ten minutes. After that, try again to remove the rim from your Opel Mokka.
- Use power : Although it is not often 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 Opel Mokka 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 Opel Mokka to replace its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at this time going to teach you 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 change it by the spare wheel? This technique is not complicated, here are the different steps to respect:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to endanger yourself.
- Set your Opel Mokka on a flat surface.
- Engage the parking brake and engage first gear.
- If you don’t know where the jack of your Opel Mokka is, don’t hesitate to have look at our article to learn you where is it located.
- Before lifting your vehicle, unlock the rim bolts in order that you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift up your Opel Mokka with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your car.
- Remove the flat tire of your Opel Mokka.
- 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 Opel Mokka?
Last part of our article, it can happen that to remove the rim of your Opel Mokka 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 few moments 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 Opel Mokka, take a look at the Opel Mokka category.
