Vibration in Steering

[JEFFDUBE]

My 2004 Pilot has a bad Steering Wheel Vibration beginning at 70 MPH..have new tires, balance 5 times, load balanced etc..no help. I heard there was a stabliezer designed to help...bolted on back of chassis? can someone please help.
Also tires are too stiff, wheel dirty, bad drive shafts!!!

[rocky]

Please continue discussion on the existing thread

Vibration/shimmy experiment -- MDX rear subframe brace retrofit

[75blazer]

I don't see any mention of alignment check. I'd check the alignment, ball joints, tie rods and suspension arms.

My last car had a vibration at highway speeds, it turned out to be a worn bushing in the lower control arm.

[xGS]

Originally Posted by JEFFDUBE

My 2004 Pilot has a bad Steering Wheel Vibration beginning at 70 MPH..have new tires, balance 5 times, load balanced etc..no help. I heard there was a stabliezer designed to help...bolted on back of chassis? can someone please help.
Also tires are too stiff, wheel dirty, bad drive shafts!!!

Did the vibration start right after you got the new tires?

What make and model of tires did you get?

When they did the road force (load) balancing, did they (re)position the tires on the rims to get the minimum amount of road force?

Even if the new tires were road force (load) balanced, the net road force may still be too high to avoid vibration.

Do you know what the amount of net road force was for each tire/wheel after balancing?

Otherwise, if it's another mechanical issue, here's a chart to help you diagnose the problem:
http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/vibechart.pdf

[mclairmo]

Also check the steering column out itself. Maybe it's loose somewhere. It's just bolted on under the dash with a couple bolts and bolted to the steering linkage and those bolts can come loose.