Brakes & Wheel Alignment

My 2020 Tundra Crew Max I just bought, shimmy’s and shakes when I apply the brakes. I did not see a thread for brakes & alignment, but the research I did on this forum suggests warped rotors, front wheel bearings or wheel alignment. The truck only has 3500 miles on it! Since I bought it used ( from a dealer) I don’t know where this truck has been in its short life or if it was properly broke- in. The three ball hitch on the back suggests it was towing something, but why trade it in? Unless the previous owner thought I’ll tow something for awhile and let the results of that towing be the next owners problem. Bummer for me. I hope they fix it. Comments/Suggestions? Thanks!

 

Often low miles trade ins, especially related to towing, are because the truck was not effective at towing a larger camper or trailer. Many people buy half tons thinking they will do the job and after towing some, realize what they are towing is far to big or heavy and move to a HD pickup.

Tundras can have finicky brakes, pulsing and shimmy issues and are very sensitive to alignment and tire pressure. Since the truck has low miles, likely not a warped rotor, (still could be however, especially if it was used for towing something larger than it should be) but is probably uneven brake material on the rotors. Take the truck to a lot or place where you can get up to about 45mph and then do a firm brake down to about 5mph, but do not stop. Do that process about 10 times to re-bed the brakes. Hopefully that will improve the brake shimmy. Ensuring a good front end alignment is a good idea, can get some shimmy from it being off a tad too. Make sure tire pressure is right, ive had some shimmy happen when pressure is too low.

Try that and see if it helps.

 

Welcome from LA (Lower Alabama)! The answer above is along the lines of what I was thinking regarding the cause. I learned something about re-bedding the brake pads though!