In this post, we have planned to help you eliminate all the problems you might come across around your car’s rims. And, principally, how to remove the rim of a Suzuki Jimny? Whether you wish to change a flat tyre, or you wish to replace your tires, you will discover all the required 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 Suzuki Jimny, then, how to remove flat rim from its Suzuki Jimny 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 Suzuki Jimny?
So we begin our document by detailing how to change a car tire. You maybe
bought your tire on a website, however it is quite difficult to find mechanics, car centers which will consent to install tires of your Suzuki Jimnybought in another place than in their business. The question of wanting to install them by yourself is therefore more than logical.
It is theoretically feasible with a lot of force and a crowbar to change the tires of your Suzuki Jimny alone, 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 notice that oftentimes the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. In the event that you want to purchase tyres on the internet to benefit of a better price, take a good look, many of retailers will offer you the fitting at a partner car centre absolutely free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Suzuki Jimny?
We now move on to the part you are certainly most focused on, namely, how to remove the rim of a Suzuki Jimny stuck to its hub, and more specifically, the rather typical case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for a while 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 circumstance and not knowing how to handle it. This can be extremely annoying if it turns out you have a flat tire and need to change the rim on your Suzuki Jimny. Here are the different solutions available to you:
- If you have some on hand, after lifting your car, and if possible on candles, and then taking away the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you put in right into the holes of the nuts and let it to operate for approximately ten minutes. After that, try again to remove the rim from your Suzuki Jimny.
- Use power : Although it is rarely the best alternative, 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 Suzuki Jimny and this could 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 once again.
How to remove the rim of a Suzuki Jimny to change its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at this moment going to demonstrate you the most common technique 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 complicated, here are the different steps to follow:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to endanger yourself.
- Set your Suzuki Jimny on a flat surface.
- Put on the hand brake and engage first gear.
- If you don’t know where the jack of your Suzuki Jimny is, don’t hesitate to consult our article to learn you where is it located.
- Before jacking up your vehicle, unlock the rim nuts to ensure that you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift your Suzuki Jimny with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your car.
- Remove the flat tire of your Suzuki Jimny.
- Put on the spare wheel, position the nuts, tighten them all by hand, in a balanced way before putting the car back on the road.
- Complete tightening the nuts with the socket wrench
How do you remove the stuck nuts from the rim of a Suzuki Jimny?
To finish, it might happen that to remove the rim of your Suzuki Jimny you have to deal with stuck nuts. In such a case, you will have more or less the same solutions for the case of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best option will be to use anti-rust lubricant or anti-rust lubricant and let it work for few moments before unlocking the nuts. Another choice, 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 need more guides on the Suzuki Jimny, go to our Suzuki Jimny category.
