In this article, we have planned to support you resolve all the problems you might come across around your car’s rims. And, especially, how to remove the rim of a Volkswagen Golf 5? Whether you wish to change a flat tire, or you wish to change your tires, you will find all the necessary informations reading this article. To do 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 Volkswagen Golf 5, after that, how to remove flat rim from its Volkswagen Golf 5 to put the spare tire, and, at last, how to unblock the stuck bolts of a rim.
How to remove the tire from the rim of a Volkswagen Golf 5?
So we start our content page 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 difficult to manage to find professionals, car centers that will agree to mount tires of your Volkswagen Golf 5purchased in another place than in their business. The question of looking to mount them yourself is therefore more than respectable.
It is theoretically plausible with a lot of strength and a crowbar to change the tires of your Volkswagen Golf 5 on your own, 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 if you dont have the specific tools, and without it your tires will wear out prematurely. Bear in mind that frequently the installation and balancing price ranges only about twenty euros. In the event that you wish to buy tyres on the internet to benefit of a preferential deal, take a good look, a good number of sellers will offer you the fitting at a partner car centre cost-free.
How to remove a rim stuck to its hub on a Volkswagen Golf 5?
We now move on to the part you are certainly most curious about, namely, how to remove the rim of a Volkswagen Golf 5 stuck to its hub, and more precisely, the rather basic case of a rim that hasn’t been removed for quite a long time and that because of rust stuck to the hub of your wheel. In reality, it happens to a good number of road users to find themselves in this circumstance and not knowing what to do. This can be particularly annoying if it turns out you have a flat tire and need to change the rim on your Volkswagen Golf 5. Here are the different possibilities available to you:
- In the case you have some with you, after jacking up your car, and if you can on candles, and then extracting the rim nuts, use some anti-seize agent which you inject inside the holes of the nuts and let it to work for approximately ten minutes. After that, try again to remove the rim from your Volkswagen Golf 5.
- Use strength : 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 Volkswagen Golf 5 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 attempting to unblock it once again.
How to remove the rim of a Volkswagen Golf 5 to change its flat tire and replace it with the spare wheel?
We are at this moment going to explain 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 need to change it by the spare wheel? This technique is not complicated, here are the several steps to respect:
- Stay out of traffic so as not to put at risk yourself.
- Place your Volkswagen Golf 5 on a flat surface.
- Engage the parking brake and shift into first gear.
- If it turns out you don’t know where the jack of your Volkswagen Golf 5 is, please read our article to learn you where is it located.
- Before jacking up your vehicle, unlock the rim bolts to ensure you won’t give too much stress to your transmission before lifting it
- Lift your Volkswagen Golf 5 with the jack and end unscrewing the rim nuts of your motor vehicle.
- Remove the flat tire of your Volkswagen Golf 5.
- Put 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 Golf 5?
Finally, it can happen that to remove the rim of your Volkswagen Golf 5 you have to deal with stuck nuts. In such a case, you will have approximately the same possibilities 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 allow it work for several minutes before unlocking the nuts. Another possibility, try to find, 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 want more guides on the Volkswagen Golf 5, go to our Volkswagen Golf 5 category.
