In this article we are going to take a look at a problem that may prove to be dangerous. If you identify any handling or grip problems on your Ford E Series , it is important that you drive cautiously and take care of it fairly quickly. Our team has posted this article to help you fix them. First, we’ll fairly quickly look at the main parts that assure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Ford E Series doesn’t hold the road any more, and finally we’ll look at how to fix your grip complications.

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What are the main components that assure good road holding and handling on a Ford E Series?

We commence this article by fairly quickly detailing the most important parts that will guarantee good road holding for your Ford E Series. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore rely upon many points, we will describe down below the most important ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important parts of your road handling, they perpetually guarantee the contact between the wheels and the road. They absorb all shocks and holes on the road.
  • Tyres: They are the ones that will guarantee the grip of your Ford E Series on the road, the softer they are, the more grip you have, but the faster they get damaged, the harder they are, the less grip you have, but the more resistant they are. Temperature affects their wear. Their size will also play on grip, the wider they are the more contact with the ground will be important.
  • The center of gravity: The higher your car is going to be, the more it will lean in the corners and consequently lose handling, that’s why low profile sports vehicles grip better than very high 4×4’s
  • Wheel Alignment: This adjustment allows you to control the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is consequently essential for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be conducted by professionals.

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There are many other parts to take into consideration such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Ford E Series having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the component that interests you the most, why my Ford E Series has handling complications? As we described above, there are quite a lot of components to take into consideration for your car to have a good grip, nevertheless there are few that can evolve with time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the car, we will find out right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we explained above, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental role in the good road holding of your motor vehicle, if your tyres are dead, you may possibly have complications of road holding on wet road at first and when you reach the “cord” even on dry road.
  • Dead shock absorbers: If your shock absorbers are dead, your motor vehicle will no longer have the ability to absorb the irregularities of the road effectively and it will often “float”, which will result in a bad distribution of the masses on the car and shift the centre of gravity of the car. You risk slipping in the bends.
  • The risk with a misalignment is that your ground contact area is reduced because of a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip complications.
  • A steering problem: Last but not least, the last essential element for good road handling is that all the components of your steering must be in good condition. The most traditional circumstance is that your stabilizer bar or the silent blocks of your steering triangles are dead. The result will be a delay in your changes of way.

How do you fix the handling complications?

We now move on to the different solutions to correct your road holding complications on your Ford E Series .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, just change your tyres, make sure to verify them cautiously and change them when you get to the visual indicator in the grooves of your tyres. It is generally necessary to count between 100 and 200 euros for a pair of tires.
  • Shock absorbers: Ditto, dead shock absorbers have to be changed, if you want to know when to change the shock absorbers of a Ford E Series, please have a look at our article on this subject. The price can vary quite a lot, but you will have to count at least 400€
  • Wheel alignment: You will have to go to your garage to have it fixed, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Ford E Series because of your steering, there might be several components concerned, in this case you will have to make a whole check-up of these components, the best is to call a professional.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Ford E Series, do not hesitate to consult our Ford E Series category.