Powhatan

Whim? LOL.. you don't know that. My rear brakes were replaced.. then I started replacing things that NEEDED to be replaced anyway. (20 year old car).

It seems that the rear drums were bad out of the box. The second set solved the problem.

For most people it is counter intuitive to have a shake in the front that is caused by rear brakes..

Kronn 98SH

You are confused. My question was for the OP.

Powhatan

cool..

TurboBB2

The rotors are probably warped man.. very typical on older rotors. You had them replaced, but if the mech messed up then you could still have the same problem...but it would take a lot to mess up a rotor installation..... Also, you said you replaced the front ones but, it could be the back ones as well.

If you drive hard and brake hard, all 4 rotors could be warped. Eventually, the metal just gets worn and weak over time, if you brake hard on them, they heat up quickly and then warp. When they cool, they cool in that warped pattern, causing the rotor to look "floppy" with an uneven surface. When you apply the brake, the caliper applies pressure to that warped rotor and since the rotor is uneven it causes the wheels to shake.

It cant be the tires, because if that was the case it would always shake, not just when you brake.. warped rotors is the main cause of this issue so check out the rear ones.

If it was an axle issue, it would not shake only when you applied the brakes.

As far as the slight shake in the wheel when you are regularly driving, not applying the brake. That could be caused by multiple things, tires, bent rim, bent wheel bearing... alignment.