Hmm, weird. Rare case maybe?

at this point i'll assume its the tires...if it goes away when i put my summer tires on then i'll try and get a refund on the snows...if it doesnt go away then i'll dig deeper...i don't think its the hb...i fell just the steering whell shake...not the whole car...thanks for all the input and i will update in the spring

Probably not when you think of what the harmonic balancer does.
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Thanks for the article! While most of the info I was familiar with, I'm surprised I didn't have any vibration when mine went. I drove at least 1000 miles with it torn pretty bad, and it drove fine.

Hopefully in b18jason'* case it'* just the tires. Though if the HB was bad he'd hear the clatter at idle and would have mentioned it.

the only noise i hear at idle is the bad ac compressor clutch

FWIW I can't remember my harmonic balancer making a noise when the rubber was cracked and starting to seperate.

the other night i noticed the vibration goes away after 80-85 or so

I would suspect a bad or out of round belt in the tire. I have seen them on other cars going down the highway. The wheel actually bounces.

I too have been dealing with a rather strange vibration issue. It occurs over 50mph and gets worse as the speed gets higher. It started happening after I got new tires, but I don't know if that'* a coincidence or not. I have had them balanced many times. I moved the wheels to different positions. I have had a tie rod end replaced. None of these have fixed the problem.

It seems that it could be caused by a bad axle (I was lowered for a while) or bad wheel bearing. After reading this I'm wondering if the motor mounts are causing an issue. I do hear a clunk once in a while, and I wonder if that is from the motor.

But since your vibration goes away after 80, then I think we are in different situations. It'* very difficult to figure these problems out.

it could be the tires...expecially if it did it after u got the tires...bring them back to the place you got them and complain...see if theil roadforce match balance them...if they even have a roadforce machine..where i work we are getting alot of brand new fords that a dealer is bringing by with a bad vibration like your describing, all have brand new tires...we roadforced them all and 90% of them end up having bad tires...so you may just have a bad batch of tires(so ford had to replace all of them)...if the place you bought them won't help then i' wouldn't go back