Steering wheel shake - Need some advice

[HunterZero]

Agree most likely cause is the tires, they may have swapped wheels around on the car intentionally or by accident, or knocked off a wheel weight, or not torqued some wheel nuts correctly.

- HZ

[EuroGraphite]

Any violent shaking after the wheels have been off is enough to worry me...

Have you checked the wheel nuts? Something you can do yourself to be safe, rather than keep driving on it until you can get back to the mechanic and have a go at them.

+1 on this...

[daKIK]

Any violent shaking after the wheels have been off is enough to worry me...

Have you checked the wheel nuts? Something you can do yourself to be safe, rather than keep driving on it until you can get back to the mechanic and have a go at them.

Just to check if the nuts have been tightened yeh?

I will check that when I get home from work, Im not gona be easing the car much until I get a chance to take it back, maybe friday or sat morning

[senna]

Yes, just to check the wheel nuts are tightened properly.

If you can, jack the car up at each corner and give the wheels a wobble just to double check, but start with going over the wheel nuts first.

[ChaosMaster]

Yeah, I would do that. Check the wheel nuts, but I would try loosening them, and tightening them up myself again, just to be safe. Should be that you just lose some wheel weights, although most wheels should be made well enough that loosing 10g wouldn't make that much of a difference.

[daKIK]

Thank you all for the quick replies.
As many of u suggested, it was the wheel nuts!!
The w@nkers forgot to tighten the wheel nuts on the front wheel on the drivers side!
I tightened them and went over the remaining nuts and then took it for a spin, all seems back to normal!
So much for being a reputable honda mechanic!

[EG52NV]

Thank you all for the quick replies.
As many of u suggested, it was the wheel nuts!!
The w@nkers forgot to tighten the wheel nuts on the front wheel on the drivers side!
I tightened them and went over the remaining nuts and then took it for a spin, all seems back to normal!
So much for being a reputable honda mechanic!

Which mechanic?

[Nuggety Nugget]

That is seriously unacceptable. They pretty much put your life at risk.

[daKIK]

Which mechanic?

Hanny's Performance

That is seriously unacceptable. They pretty much put your life at risk.

Yeh I know man, could of been a lot worse!

[senna]

Wow, very unlike Hannys to be careless like that...

Have you had a chat to them about it? I would still go back and let them know and see what their response is

[Nuggety Nugget]

Hanny's Performance

Shit! Did you watch them perform the service?

[daKIK]

Wow, very unlike Hannys to be careless like that...

Have you had a chat to them about it? I would still go back and let them know and see what their response is

I dont see the point to be honest! Im expecting the guy there to be rude and arrogant about it like he was during the service anyway.. Id rather not waste my time and go back for nothing

Shit! Did you watch them perform the service?

Yeh I did watch them from a distance, but I might of looked away or was chatting with my brother at times.. so I dont recall seeing them tightening the nuts at the end