Steering Wheel STILL Shakes when braking

2010 Tundra 4WD Platinum -- I've replaced the front pads and rotors. I've replaced the rear pads.

I still get a significant shaking in the steering wheel when putting on the brakes.

Bad Caliper/Bad piston in the caliper? Front bearing issue? It's driving me crazy!

Appreciate the help.....

 

I had the same problem with my 08.
Changed the front rotors and pads but only the pads in the rear.
Ended up being the rear rotors.

 

You would of felt a bad piston when you put the pistons in to install the new pads, common thing ive seen is people
Not cleaning the hub up before they install the new rotors.

 

Worn steering rack bushings?

 

I had similar issues, there is a TSB reference this issue, but I dont remember what years are covered..

My issue involved losing lugs on the passenger side, because the shacking would get pretty bad... I replaced both front rotors, pads and all 5 studs and lugs on the passenger side and 3 out of the 5 snapped off on tire removal and the other 2 had damaged threads which wouldn't allow the wheel to sit snug.

 

Ok — not cleaning the hub and possibly having something that made the rotor not seat properly is easy enough to check out.
I struggle to understand how rear rotors can result in a steering wheel shake but I’ve seen others post the same. Just not logical to me, but can appreciate the feedback.
I just replaced the a-arm bushings on my Ranger due to “wiggle” when grabbing the tire when jacked up. I’ve read that a bad bearing will make the “woo woo” sound with the Tundra but not affect the shaking of the wheel — dunno.
I haven’t looked into the steering rack bushings and will check those out.
Thanks for the feedback

 

I took my truck to my local mechanic. He's in his 30's and runs the shop.
He had his dad take it for a test drive. (he's like 65) he came back and immediately said it was the rear rotors. said the rear will shimmy and make you think it's coming from the steering or front end.
once they change them it took care of he problem.

 

The rears can indeed be bad enough to shake the wheel. Mostly because of the frame flex on the tundras.

 

Best just do front and back all at once.

 

You should always replace rotors with pads these days, it's cheap enough, and exactly, cheap ....rotors are not like they were back in the day. The days of pad slappin and turning rotors are over. Replace your rears and get back to use. One lazy piston in the caliper is another thought. Key words, "shakes when braking" so not related to the brakes would be worn tie rods, rack bushings, ball joints or control arm bushings. Simple jack the front tires up a little, set on jack stands, and do a wiggle test on the tires. Wiggle different ways, hands top and bottom, side to side, crisscross, and see what's loose if anything. Dirty hubs, and that would have to be like build up of rust dirty, would cause a unbalanced tire feeling while driving, not a shake when braking.

 

I put cheap ass autuzone pads and rotors on once that were out of round......had to go back and get more rotors....no problems since....this is on 04 tacoma.

 

Well I didn't say go that cheap. If I go cheap, Centric has always been ok, and Raybestos not bad for the price. You want better, than you pay more.