Yesterday i changed my wheels due to winter coming and now my steering wheel shakes badly. It has never done this before with the old wheels...So after i switched them i went back home after noticeing the shaking, and pulled the wheels back off. The tires are in great shape and i know the wheels are not bent. So i put them back on torqued them down to spec. So i drove this morning and it started doing it again. I have recently replaced the axles, ball joints and tie rod ends. And never had this problem before...Any advice..

 

It sounds like they are bent. How do you know that they are not bent?

 

yeah....
take em out and put them back in.
are those wheels made for your car ?
oem?or what?

 

There not bent bc i took them to a shop and had them check em...And they said they are fine. Yes they are oem wheels, but not from a teg...

I guess i will pull them off again and try it one more time...The crazy thing is, it dosen't do it all the time. EXAMPLE: Say im driving (Cruise Control) at 65mph and it will shake, and than go away, and than shake, and than go away....WTF....any other suggestions?

 

Does the car pull to one side when you drive? Maybe you need an alignment? My car whole car shakes when I drive through this section of the freeway. That's caused by my tires having uneven wear. It goes away once I pass that section.

 

i mean the car does need an alignment, but i've never had an issue like this from just switching wheels, and it pulls to the right a little bit. But the point is, i just switched wheels and now its shaking the **** out of my steering wheel, which makes me look like im having convoltions in my car while driving

-Andru

 

What about your brakes? When was the last time that you had a brake job done? I remember when I had a car with bad brakes and the steering wheel was very shakee due to the brakes. I replaced the drum, rotor, pads, and caliper ....no more shakee after that.

 

It can't be the brakes if he only changed the wheels. Are your wheels balanced?

 

balance the wheels and get and alignment. shaky steering wheels are also a result worn ball joints bushings.