It’s because most people are lazy and don’t bother. I’ve never had a customer come back to torque the wheels.
I had motorcycle tires mounted and balanced I'm waterloo once. Shook like a mother at 172 speeds. Went back and they were arguing that as shaking was minimal at legal speeds they did their job. As a "courtesy", they rebalanced and things were good after. It shouldn't be a "courtesy" to do the job you were paid to do.
Road Force balance?
Had the same thing at Ken’s Motorworks. As soon as I left and merged onto Hwy it was shaking my fillings out. His reply was that he balanced it the best he can and had no interest in double checking his work. So I bought one of those $100 balance stands and rebalanced the tire myself. It was way out and I don’t know if a weight fell off as I left the place but he didn’t want to check so I’ve never gone back.
What a pain that was on a previous car. Car came with ball nuts. Steel wheels needed cone nuts. Wheel shop said they normally used whatever is on the car and don't care about seat shape. F that. Can't find cone nuts. Dealer says they have them and then hands me balls. Fack. Eventually found a box at an indie auto supply.
Is this about the Toyota mag-style nuts with the captive washers? They CAN be technically be used on steel wheels that have cone seats, as they are designed to work with a steel compact spare. However then the washers are jangling loose, which will probably beat them up slightly over time. In other words it's not dangerous, but not ideal
There was a bag of rusty nuts in the truck. Original owner had a puzzle nut on the summer tires.
My new snows were for a different brand so I needed hubcentric rings. First time I've needed them. They were cheap so I didn't bother trying without them. Needed to sand the rim a tiny bit and pound the rings in. No vibration at any speed I need in the winter.
