mad steering wheel shake

[maxpowers]

all the time,
it was just a bit, a wobble when accellerating, and a little vibration above 80kph,
but just had the wheels rotated and now its real bad, I actually meant to get them to check and balance or just spin em and see if ones warped or something, but forgot, is that the most likely culprit, bung wheel/s
or is it something more sinister. suggestions welcome. thanks.

no they are not original, but they have been taking me up and down the seatosky race way for 2.5 years, and it was third world.

[snelson]

Hey Max, I had the exact same problem, got my front driver side tire balanced (the guy at the shop said it was a real bugger to balance). It helped big time, but I stll had a faint wobble so I rotated the fronts to the back myself, and the shake was gone.
I'd swap them yourself, just to see if there's an instant difference, and if so, then have the wheel balanced or replaced.

[Paule]

First thing I would check would be balancing and alignment... But if it had been happening before you rotated then....?

Edit:

Damn, I'm too slow.

[jessef]

Worn balljoints and tierods will cause wobbling as well.

I'd look at the tires first.