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A wheel or tire is out of balance. Will cost you about $10 or $20 per wheel/ tire to get them balanced, so try and figure out which it is before you take it in. If you have a 5th, good wheel (not spare), you could replace each in succession until you lose the vibration, then take that to get balanaced.
-Rob
Take it back and tell them their machine is out of calibration. Insist the tires are still out of balance because of the shake. It SHOULD NOT SHAKE when rolling on flat smooth pavement!
Watch the tire guy and make sure he does it right. Make sure he zeros out every single tire and fully allows the machine to spin up.
One time I paid for a rotate and balance and I caught the mechanic slacking off and simply rotating my tires... He barely slapped one on the rotate machine, but didnt even spin it! I told the manager this and showed him as he did it, the guy doesn't work there anymore and I got a free rotate and balance.
Most tire store workers don't try to do a good job, so you have to keep your eye on them. There are the occasional few who take pride in making people's cars ride smooth, but its rare.
As has already been recommended, sounds like you have a wheel still out of balance. Our bearings are sealed units, and doubt it would cause a shimmy. If you feel it in the steering wheel it is the front wheels, feel it in the seat it is the rear. Normally hub bearings will grind when they are excessively worn. Not sure what kind of shop you took your car to, but when they aligned it the whole front end should have been shook down. Other possibilities could include:
Slipped or busted belt in your tire(normally has low speed wobble as well)
Excessive play in Tie-rod ends(Usually happens during higher speeds, more of a shudder feel)
Even seen a few 4th generations come in with upper ball joints having play in them.
I'd take it back to the place that did your alignment(if you trust them) and let them know the problem still persists. If not take it somewhere with credibility, shouldn't cost more than $30 for an inspection. Again as was stated before and if allowed, stand close when they do the work, keeps them honest. And if anything other than wheel balance/tires is replaced, make sure they recheck the alignment because worn parts will give false readings. Ask them for a before and after printout as well.
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