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Hey guys,

Have a bf mk2 xrt auto

Got 4x new tyres and alignment and balance 2 days ago

After 80km the steering wheel shakes and gets worse with more speed

Applying the brakes slightly makes the shaking much worse.

I initially though brake discs , and then realized it shakes even not on the brakes

Where should I look first? I'm taking the car back tommorow to rebalance at the tyre shop. What do you think it could be ?

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Shoite wheel balance or loose front wheel nuts

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  On 17/04/2012 at 4:13 PM, nathos said:

Got 4x new tyres and alignment and balance 2 days ago

After 80km the steering wheel shakes and gets worse with more speed

I initially though brake discs , and then realized it shakes even not on the brakes

still think it's discs?

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Check your wheel nuts before you drive anywhere!

It's amazing how many times they forget to retighten them.

If all good, let them fix it, it wasn't like that before the new tyres obviously.

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Go for a drive, get the fault to happen, then jack the front of the car up and see if te front wheels move freely if not take the brake switches out and recheck, if that fixes it reset the switches if not pull the brake pedal up and check to see if they move freely if so your booster is holding the brakes on, need new booster and also disc machine

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took the car to workshop and the front wheels were buckled with one of them having a welded up crack in it.

put back wheels on the front... the shaking is probably 50% now but is still there! taking it to the mechanic tommorow hopefully will find out what this annoying problem is

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how the hell did the tyre shop not notice the wheels?

Why/how was it running ok before?

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