In this article we are going to take a look at a problem that may prove to be threatening. If you identify any handling or grip problems on your Ram P/U , it is necessary that you drive carefully and manage it quickly. Our team has written this content to help you resolve them. First, we’ll quickly look at the essential components that ensure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Ram P/U doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to resolve your grip problems.

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What are the main components that ensure great road holding and handling on a Ram P/U?

We commence this content page by quickly telling you the most important components that will assure good road holding for your Ram P/U. It’s necessary to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently depend on many factors, we will explain down below the most important ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important components of your road handling, they permanently assure the contact between the wheels and the road. They absorb all shocks and holes on the road.
  • Tyres: They are the ones that will assure the grip of your Ram P/U 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 affects 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 allows you to control the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is therefore important for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be accomplished by professionals.

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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 Ram P/U having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the part that interests you the most, why my Ram P/U has handling problems? As we outlined above, 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 car, we will find out right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we mentioned above, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental function in the good road holding of your motor vehicle, if your tyres are dead, you might 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 motor vehicle will no longer have the ability to absorb the irregularities of the road effectively and it will tend to “float”, which will result in a bad distribution of the masses on the vehicle and shift the centre of gravity of the vehicle. You risk slipping in the bends.
  • The risk with a misalignment is that your ground contact area is reduced as a result of 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 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 resolve the handling problems?

We now move on to the different solutions to correct your road holding problems on your Ram P/U .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be simpler, just replace your tyres, remember to verify them carefully and replace them when you get to the visual indicator in the grooves of your tyres. It is generally required 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 Ram P/U, please have a look at our content page on this theme. 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 area to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Ram P/U as a result of your steering, there might be some components involved, in such a case you will have to make a complete check-up of these components, the best is to call a specialist.

If you want more guides on the Ram P/U, go to our Ram P/U category.