On this page, we have planned to assist you resolve all the issues you might face around your car’s rims. And, principally, how to remove the rim of a Volkswagen Arteon? Whether you wish to change a flat wheel, or you wish to change your tires, you will find all the required infos reading this page. To do 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 Volkswagen Arteon, later, how to remove flat rim from its Volkswagen Arteon 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 Volkswagen Arteon?

So we begin our content page by explicating how to change a car tire. You maybe
bought your tire on a website, however it is quite complicated to find professionals, car centers that will approve to mount tires of your Volkswagen Arteonpurchased somewhere else than in their commercial enterprise. The question of wanting to mount them on your own is therefore more than logical.

It is technically possible with a lot of force and a crowbar to change the tires of your Volkswagen Arteon yourself, however, even if 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, if you don’t do it, your tires will loose a lot of lifetime. Bear in mind that oftentimes the installation and balancing costs only about twenty euros. Whenever you desire to buy tyres on the web to take advantage of a better selling price, take a good look, a good number of sellers provide the fitting at a partner car centre cost-free.

How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Volkswagen Arteon?

We now move on to the part you are clearly most enthusiastic about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Volkswagen Arteon stuck to its hub, and more specifically, the rather traditional 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 a large number of road users to find themselves in this situation and not knowing how to handle it. This can be extremely annoying if you have a flat tire and need to change the rim on your Volkswagen Arteon. Here are the different solutions available to you:

  • If perhaps you have some around, after lifting your car, and if you can on candles, and then getting rid of the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you put in into the holes of the nuts and leave it to operate for about ten minutes. Following that, try again to remove the rim from your Volkswagen Arteon.
  • Use muscle : 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 Volkswagen Arteon and this could unlock it and allow you to remove it.
  • Baste the junction between your rim of rust proof hub and wait some hours before attempting to unblock it once again.

How to remove the rim of a Volkswagen Arteon to change its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?

We are now going to describe you the most common process but that everybody doesn’t know, how to remove the rim from its place if you have a puncture tyre and you need to change it by the spare wheel? This process is not difficult, here are the several steps to follow:

  • Stay out of traffic so as not to endanger yourself.
  • Place your Volkswagen Arteon on a flat surface.
  • Put on the hand brake and shift into first gear.
  • If it turns out you don’t know where the jack of your Volkswagen Arteon is, please have look at our article to learn you where is it located.
  • Before jacking up your car, unlock the rim bolts so that you won’t give too much stress to your transmission before lifting it
  • Lift up your Volkswagen Arteon with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your car.
  • Take the flat rim off your Volkswagen Arteon.
  • Placed on the spare wheel, position the bolts, tighten them all by hand, in a balanced way before putting the car back on the road.
  • Finish tightening the nuts with the socket wrench

How do you remove the stuck nuts from the rim of a Volkswagen Arteon?

Finally, it could happen that to remove the rim of your Volkswagen Arteon you have to deal with stuck nuts. In this case, you will have more or less the same solutions for the case of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best solution will be to use anti-rust lubricant or anti-rust lubricant and allow it work for several minutes before unlocking the nuts. Another option, 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 tutorials on the Volkswagen Arteon, go to our Volkswagen Arteon category.