How Do You Change Front Shocks On A Lincoln Town Car?
If your Town Car is starting to hit the bumps a little hard in the front, or if the car is swerving a bit and feeling soft, you may need to replace those front shocks, especially if it has been a while. If you are mechanically inclined you should be able to do this job without any issues. With the car in park and emergency brake on, set up your tire blocks behind the rear tires. If you have an active air suspension system, turn it off from the switch in the trunk. From under the hood, loosen the nut on the shock rod with your 9/16 hand wrench or deep well socket. Hopefully it turns easily and isn’t frozen, which would not be unusual. If this is the case, you will need the “Optional” items mentioned. Try some Rust Buster spray and work with vice grips to hold the shock rod still if it turns with the nut. The worse case scenario should be having to use a nut splitter to split open the nut for removal. Loosen the lug nuts on the tire; jack the car up high enough to fully remove the tire.
