On this page, we have planned to assist you fix all the issues you could face around your car’s rims. And, mainly, how to remove the rim of a Suzuki Vitara? Whether you need to replace a flat tire, or you need to change your tires, you will find all the important informations reading this page. To accomplish 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 Vitara, later, how to remove flat rim from its Suzuki Vitara to put the spare tire, and, at last, how to unblock the stuck bolts of a rim.

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How to remove the tire from the rim of a Suzuki Vitara?

So we start our document by explaining how to replace a car tire. You maybe
bought your tire on a website, however it is quite difficult to manage to find professionals, car centers that will agree to install tires of your Suzuki Vitarapurchased in a different place than in their business. The question of seeking to install them without hiring somebody is therefore more than legitimate.

It is technically plausible with a lot of force and a crowbar to replace the tires of your Suzuki Vitara on your own, however, whether or not you manage 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 without the specific machine, and without it your tires will wear out prematurely. Bear in mind that very often the installation and balancing costs only about twenty euros. In the event that you wish to purchase tyres on the internet to benefit of a better 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 Suzuki Vitara?

We now move on to the part you are obviously most enthusiastic about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Suzuki Vitara stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather basic 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. Indeed, it happens to many car owners to find themselves in this situation and not knowing what to do. This can be extremely annoying if it turns out you have a flat tire and need to replace the rim on your Suzuki Vitara. Here are the different possibilities available to you:

  • If you have some on hand, after lifting your car, and if you can on candles, and then extracting the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you put in inside the holes of the nuts and let it to work for approximately ten minutes. Following that, try again to remove the rim from your Suzuki Vitara.
  • Use power : Despite the fact it is not often the best option, 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 Vitara and this might unlock it and allow you to remove it.
  • Baste the junction between your rim of rust proof hub and wait some hours before making an attempt to unblock it once again.

How to remove the rim of a Suzuki Vitara to replace its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?

We are now going to show you you the most classical method 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 operation is not complex, here are the different steps to respect:

  • Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
  • Place your Suzuki Vitara on a flat surface.
  • Engage the parking brake and engage first gear.
  • If it turns out you don’t know where the jack of your Suzuki Vitara is, please read our article to learn you where is it located.
  • Before jacking up your vehicle, unlock the rim bolts in order that you don’t force your transmission once lifted
  • Lift up your Suzuki Vitara with the jack and finish unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
  • Remove the flat tire of your Suzuki Vitara.
  • 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 Suzuki Vitara?

To finish, it may happen that to remove the rim of your Suzuki Vitara you have to deal with stuck nuts. In this case, you will have pretty much the same possibilities 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 possibility, try to find, 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.

If you want more guides on the Suzuki Vitara, go to our Suzuki Vitara category.