In this article we are going to examine a problem that may prove to be unsafe. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Lincoln Continental , it is important that you drive cautiously and manage it quickly. Our team has created this content page to help you fix them. First, we’ll quickly check out the main components that assure good road handling, then we’ll check out why your Lincoln Continental doesn’t hold the road any more, and finally we’ll check out how to fix your grip problems.

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What are the main components that assure great road holding and handling on a Lincoln Continental?

We commence this content page by quickly telling you the main components that will guarantee good road holding for your Lincoln Continental. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will as a result rely upon many factors, we will explain below the main ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The main components 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 Lincoln Continental on the road, the softer they are, the more grip you have, but the faster they get broken, the harder they are, the less grip you have, but the more resistant they are. Temperature impacts their wear. Their size will as well play on grip, the wider they are the more contact with the ground will be significant.
  • The center of gravity: The higher your car is going to be, the more it will lean in the corners and therefore lose handling, that’s why low profile sports vehicles grip better than very high 4×4’s
  • Wheel Alignment: This adjustment enables you to manage the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is therefore important for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be carried out by specialists.

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

Why is my Lincoln Continental having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the part that concerns you the most, why my Lincoln Continental has handling problems? As we mentioned earlier, there are quite a lot of components to take into consideration for your car to have a good grip, however there are few that can evolve over time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the automobile, we will find out right away those that can disturb your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we explained earlier, the rubber of the tyres has a crucial role in the good road holding of your car, if your tyres are dead, you may have problems 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 car will no longer have the ability to absorb the irregularities of the road properly and it will often “float”, which will end 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 due to a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip problems.
  • A steering problem: Last but not least, the last important part for good road handling is that all the components of your steering must be in good state. The most classic circumstance is that your stabilizer bar or the silent blocks of your steering triangles are dead. The consequence will be a delay in your changes of direction.

How do you fix the handling problems?

We now move on to the different solutions to solve your road holding problems on your Lincoln Continental .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be easier, just change your tyres, remember to check 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 Lincoln Continental, please have a check out our content page on this topic. 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 corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Lincoln Continental due to your steering, there may be several components involved, in this case you will have to produce a whole check-up of these components, the best is to call a professional.

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