Steering wheel shakes when braking

So I’ve had my truck for about a year now and it is sitting at about 38k miles, I bought the truck with 26k miles. When I am traveling the highway or any road for that matter at about 60+ Mph and start to brake my steering wheel and front of my truck shakes quite aggressively, not anything I can’t control but enough to cause concern, I have had 2 oil changes since I’ve owned the truck and when they give me the brake results they have graded them at 100% (I’m not sure if they put new brakes on before I bought the truck or if they are still the ones from factory) I ask the dealership to actually look at the rotors and brakes but they tell me everything is fine. Wondering if anyone else has had this problem, I’m thinking it can be fixed with a new set of rotors and pads but if anyone has any other ideas what it could be it’d be greatly appreciated! Thanks TW!

 

Mine used to do the same. New pads and rotors and it is super smooth once again.

 

That’s where I would start
With the rotors

 

I had the issue twice.. often becomes an issue after an emergency brake on already hot brakes, then sitting with the brakes applied. This causes the pad to 'imprint' into the rotor thus creating a raised surface which can be attributed to the pulsating feel while braking. It has been mentioned you can clean up the rotor with some fine grit sandpaper, however I opted to purchase the Powerstop K137 kit. Braking feel was significantly improved over stock.

 

When you brake hard you heat up the pads (obvious I know), but if you come to a stop with hot brakes and just hold your foot there, when you let off your brakes the pads transfer brake pad material onto the rotor. This creates that vibration feeling, residual pad buildup on the rotor surface.

Pull your rotors and have them resurfaced, if your rotors and pads are in good shape this should be an easy $30 fix.

To prevent this from happening again simply let the brakes drag for a foot or two so you're not keeping the pad and rotor on the same spot, this will aid in cooling more efficiently without pad transfer.

 

Beat me to it by a minute

 

Us OG members have to represent!

 

I had a similar issue recently (but my truck had 155k). Replaced the rotors / pads, and all is smooth as can be now. Its fantastic. Cost me just under $250 to replace all of it myself.

Also noticed that whoever did the brakes before put both of the metal warning strips on the passenger side instead of splitting them to each side

 

My truck does the same thing with 62k on the odometer. I'm going to just replace the rotors and pads when it warms up a bit.

 

So, reviving this thread, I just recently had my rotors resurfaced... yesterday I noticed this steering wheel shake when entering highway from on ramp (no brakes applied) and when taking exit off of highway (brakes applied). I have no shake when driving at slower speeds (<50mph). It was like 114 degrees yesterday here in Scottsdale and I did a little driving around. If brake pad material was transferred to my rotors, would I be able to see it? I went and looked at my rotors today and they looked pristine with nothing on the surface. I am going on a long road trip this weekend and want to make sure I am safe to drive.

 

A long trip should help you, not hurt you.
Roll On!

 

Guess so, hopefully it will just go away. If it persists I'll probably take back to brake shop that resurfaced my rotors and have them check it out.