In this article, we have planned to help you to eliminate all the problems you could encounter around your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Volkswagen Coccinelle? Whether you want to change a flat tire, or you want to replace your tires, you will discover all the necessary informations reading this page. 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 Volkswagen Coccinelle, then, how to remove flat rim from its Volkswagen Coccinelle 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 Volkswagen Coccinelle?
So we begin our article by telling you how to change a car tire. You may have made a good deal by buying your tires on the internet, however it is quite complicated to find professionals, car centers which will accept to install tires of your Volkswagen Coccinellepurchased somewhere else than in their commercial enterprise. The question of seeking to install them on your own is therefore more than logical.
It is technically plausible with a lot of force and a crowbar to change the tires of your Volkswagen Coccinelle without help, 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. You should know that very often the installation and balancing costs only about twenty euros. In the event that you desire to purchase tyres on websites to take advantage of a preferential pricing, take a good look, a good number of suppliers provide the fitting at a partner car centre absolutely free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Volkswagen Coccinelle?
We now go forward to the part you are obviously most enthusiastic about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Volkswagen Coccinelle stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather classic case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for a while and that because of rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. Indeed, it occurs to a good number of drivers to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing how to handle it. This can be specifically annoying if you have a flat tire and need to change the rim on your Volkswagen Coccinelle. Here are the different possibilities available to you:
- If you have some available, after jacking up 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 leave it to operate for approximately ten minutes. After that, try again to remove the rim from your Volkswagen Coccinelle.
- Use muscle : Despite the fact it is not often 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 Coccinelle and this might 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 attempting to unblock it once again.
How to remove the rim of a Volkswagen Coccinelle to change its punctured wheel and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are now going to teach you 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 want to replace it by the spare wheel? This procedure is not complicated, here are the different steps to respect:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
- Place your Volkswagen Coccinelle 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 Volkswagen Coccinelle is, please consult our article to help you to locate it.
- Before jacking up your vehicle, unlock the rim nuts to ensure you don’t force your transmission once lifted
- Lift your Volkswagen Coccinelle with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
- Take the flat rim off your Volkswagen Coccinelle.
- 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 Volkswagen Coccinelle?
To finish , it could happen that to remove the rim of your Volkswagen Coccinelle you have to deal with stuck nuts. In such a case, you will have pretty much the same possibilities for the case of a rim stuck against the wheel hub. The best method 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 need more guides on the Volkswagen Coccinelle, go to our Volkswagen Coccinelle category.
