In this post, we have planned to support you solve all the problems you could encounter around your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Peugeot 308? Whether you need to replace a flat tire, or you need to replace your tires, you will discover all the important informations on 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 Peugeot 308, after that, how to remove flat rim from its Peugeot 308 to put the spare tire, and, at last, how to unblock the stuck nuts of a rim.
How to remove the tire from the rim of a Peugeot 308?
So we begin our article by detailing how to replace a car tire. You may have made a good deal by buying your tires on the internet, however it is quite complicated to find mechanics, car centers which will consent to mount tires of your Peugeot 308bought somewhere else than in their commercial enterprise. The question of seeking to mount them without hiring somebody is therefore more than logical.
It is technically possible with a lot of force and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Peugeot 308 without help, however, regardless 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. Take note that generally the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. In the event that you prefer to purchase tyres on the internet to take advantage of a better pricing, take a good look, many of suppliers include the fitting at a partner car centre free of charge.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Peugeot 308?
We now go forward to the part you are certainly most focused on, namely, how to remove the rim of a Peugeot 308 stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather basic case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for several years and that because of rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. Indeed, it happens to many motorists to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing what to do. This can be particularly annoying if you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Peugeot 308. Here are the different alternatives available to you:
- If you have some on hand, after jacking up your car, and when possible on candles, and then extracting the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you put in into the holes of the nuts and let it to work for approximately ten minutes. From then on, try again to remove the rim from your Peugeot 308.
- Use power : Although it is rarely the best solution, 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 Peugeot 308 and this should unlock it and allow you to remove it.
- Baste the junction between your rim of rust proof hub and wait some hours before trying to unblock it once again.
How to remove the rim of a Peugeot 308 to replace its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are now going to show you you the most conventional procedure but that everybody doesn’t know, how to remove the rim from its place if you have a puncture tyre and you need to replace it by the spare wheel? This operation is not difficult, here are the different steps to respect:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to endanger yourself.
- Set your Peugeot 308 on a flat surface.
- Put on the parking brake and engage first gear.
- If perhaps you don’t know where the jack of your Peugeot 308 is, please read our article to help you to locate it.
- Before jacking up your car, unlock the rim nuts in order that you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift up your Peugeot 308 with the jack and finish unscrewing the rim nuts of your car.
- Remove the flat tire of your Peugeot 308.
- Put on the spare wheel, put on the nuts, 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 308?
Last part of our article, it might happen that to remove the rim of your Peugeot 308 you have to deal with stuck nuts. In such a case, you will have more or less the same alternatives 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 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 308, do not hesitate to consult our Peugeot 308 category.
