Steering Wheel Shakes When Driving

[LazyBrennan]

Over tightening wheel nuts can cause irreversible brake shudder.

If it were my car id check wheel balance, tyre pressures, rotor runout and wheel alignment.

A checklist for all of those should pinpoint what is going wrong.

I'd run a higher pressure in the rear if I were you.

Best of luck mate.

Cheers mate.

Do you know what the proper NM the wheel nuts should be?

I did retighten the wheel nuts recently. After getting the car back from Peel tyres in Mandurah all the wheel nuts were loose as. I could move some with my fingers =/

Edited 24/06/12 04:34 AM by LazyBrennan

[Shyfrd]

They're rings you put inside the bore of the wheel to make sure the wheel is centred perfectly.

This page explains it best and has a pic

http://www.justforwheels.com/hub-centric-rings.jsp

[MX Dave]

Cheers mate.

Do you know what the proper NM the wheel nuts should be?

I did retighten the wheel nuts recently. After getting the car back from Peel tyres in Mandurah all the wheel nuts were loose as. I could move some with my fingers =/

Ford specifies: 135 NM