In this specific article, we will try to help you to eliminate all the problems you might come across about your car’s rims. And, mainly, how to remove the rim of a Peugeot 1007? Whether you want to replace a flat tire, or you want to change your tires, you will discover all the required infos reading this article. To do so, 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 Peugeot 1007, later, how to remove flat rim from its Peugeot 1007 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 Peugeot 1007?
So we begin our document by explicating how to replace a car tire. You maybe
bought your tire on a website, however it is quite complicated to find professionals, car centers that will agree to install tires of your Peugeot 1007bought in a different place than in their business. The question of seeking to install them on your own is therefore more than logical.
It is technically possible with a lot of strength and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Peugeot 1007 on your own, 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. Realize that very often the installation and balancing costs only about twenty euros. Whenever you prefer to purchase tyres on websites to take advantage of a preferential pricing, take a good look, many of dealers provide the fitting at a partner car centre absolutely free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Peugeot 1007?
We now move on to the part you are most certainly most curious about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Peugeot 1007 stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather traditional circumstance of a rim that hasn’t been removed for quite a long time and that due to rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. Indeed, it happens to many car owners to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing where to start. This can be particularly annoying in the event that you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Peugeot 1007. Here are the different possibilities available to you:
- If you have some accessible, after jacking up your car, and when possible on candles, and then getting rid of the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you inject right into the holes of the nuts and leave it to work for approximately ten minutes. Following that, try again to remove the rim from your Peugeot 1007.
- Use muscle : Although it is not usually the best solution, 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 Peugeot 1007 and this could unlock it and allow you to remove it.
- Baste the junction between your rim of rust proof hub and wait a few hours before trying to unblock it again.
How to remove the rim of a Peugeot 1007 to replace its flat tire and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are now going to describe you the most classical procedure but that everybody doesn’t know, how to remove the rim from its place if you have a puncture tyre and you desire to change it by the spare wheel? This process is not complicated, here are the different steps to respect:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
- Set your Peugeot 1007 on a flat surface.
- Put on the parking brake and engage first gear.
- If you don’t know where the jack of your Peugeot 1007 is, please consult our article to help you to locate it.
- Before lifting your vehicle, unlock the rim bolts in order that you won’t give too much stress to your transmission before lifting it
- Lift up your Peugeot 1007 with the jack and finish unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
- Remove the flat tire of your Peugeot 1007.
- 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 Peugeot 1007?
Finally, it may happen that to remove the rim of your Peugeot 1007 you have to deal with stuck nuts. In this instance, you will have pretty much the same possibilities for the circumstance of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best solution 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 possibility, try to find, some exist on batteries of electric shock wrenches they release a much higher torque than your arm plus the socket wrench, and will help you to unlock the nuts.
If you have any additional questions about the Peugeot 1007, do not hesitate to consult our Peugeot 1007 category.
