A short shudder at low speed

I got another newby question; 2006, 4.7, 4x4. When coming from a stop, there is a split second where I feel a shudder or a rumble. It last a second. I think it is just a delay in the brake caliper releasing. I have no other issues with the brakes; good pedal and pads, I stop when I want to. The ride is also fairly smooth at any speed outside that very short time. Any ideas?

 

Grease your driveshaft.

but no harm in checking and adjusting the rear drums & parking brake.

 

Has anything changed lately? Has it been in the shop for any maintenance?

 

*WRT the slipyoke: ensure you put enough grease in to see it spill out - and if it hasn't been done by you/anyone in long time, then keep going for a while. Wipe excess grease off and go test.

 

If it's a "clunk", then the problem is probably what's mentioned above. You need to be greasing your driveline every 5k miles with NLGI 2 moly-fortified grease. I had similar issue, read the text FirstGenVol pasted into reply # 13 for proper way to deal with the slip yoke if yours has gotten far enough you're feeling clunks: https://www.tundras.com/threads/what-would-you-say-if-i-told-you.71827/

If it's a "shudder", like a brake pad or shoe is skipping across metal, some people would call that "chatter" and it's a symptom you'll often feel from a limited slip rear diff ("LSD"), mostly when backing out of parking spots or when turning from a full stop, and you probably have LSD in your rear diff housing (check for a sticker near the fill plug). The big symptoms are: "moving from a full stop + turning the wheel any amount". If this is you, and you recently changed rear diff fluid, you potentially fucked up and used the wrong fluid, or your diff is failing. Or you may be low on fluid in the rear diff, i.e. it leaked out at the wheel seals because your diff breather is clogged == too much pressure in rear diff.

Anyway, the issue with driveline everyone is describing above is one of many warnings/topics covered in this thread, which is worth taking a few minutes to read over, since there may be other things you're not aware of that are easily solved, or deserve a stern warning: https://www.tundras.com/threads/so-you-wanna-buy-just-bought-a-1st-gen-tundra-eh.115928/