1998 Ford Windstar with a steering wheel wobble.?

[Vikki S]

ok!

So a little while ago my dad put 4 new tires on my 1998 Ford Windstar GL (it has 256,000k on it.) and replaced a bent tirerod on my front drivers side.

I've been noticing that when I get it up to about 30-60k the steering wheel slightly wobbles side to side. It ceases to wobble when you bring it up passed 60k. I can't not have a car. My dad is a backyard mechanic but more familiar with classic cars (carb, anything prior to 1980) and I want to get this fixed as soon as possible because I need my car and right now I'm not able to drive it as my father is convinced its extremely dangerous. Does anyone have any ideas as to what this could be and how my dad could fix it, or how much its going to cost me to get it fixed?

 

[imported_Serial Stunter]

Get your wheels rebalanced. The rotational balance of the tires can do very odd things like wobble at slow speeds and be fine at higher ones. One quick thing you could do is rotated the front tires to the back and see if the wobble is less dramatic in the steering wheel.

 

[lowtek_dh_77]

Need a front end alignment. Get it done ASAP because driving it like that will tear up your new tires.