I have a 98 accord 4-cyl with 158k original owner miles. I have original steel wheels and original brand new Michelin MXV4 plus tires. I am getting vibration with speeds over 60 mph. I have had them rebalaced 4 times by Discount tire using the RoadForce machine. Any suggestions? Who has a better balancing machine?

 

Probably a tie rod issue. Ball joints like to fail around 175K in my Honda experience as well.

 

check your lower ball joints. The tie rods are not load carrying members and rarely fail on these cars. Lower ball joints on the other hand are load carrying members and will fail expecially with that milage on them.

 

But I am not getting vibration under 60mph. The vibration is only slight and it was not doing this prior to getting 4 new tires and balanced. That's why i suspect it is a balance problem. Which automotive place has the best machine for balancing?

 

I had balljoints go bad in my 94 honda and it did the same thing you are describing also had the same problem with the S. Once I replaced the broken parts, problem solved.