HELP!! Trembling when braking..

[xkye77]

1992 toyota corolla AE94.. 185/70 R13
tryes suddenly puncture on the highway.. rear passenger side.. ran about 500 metres after puncture.. changed spare tyres and finally make it home but it trembles when I braking.. what is that so any advise? is it because of the alignment and balancing? or i accidentally damaged the brake? it has some slightly tremble when braking before anything happened to that tyre..

please advise.. appreciate a lot..

[kcwa]

Could be the spare tire is out of balance ... and since you said it trembled a little before the tire puncture then you may have a warped rotor/drum. Does the tremble feel like it is from the front or rear?

[xkye77]

Originally Posted by kcwa

Could be the spare tire is out of balance ... and since you said it trembled a little before the tire puncture then you may have a warped rotor/drum. Does the tremble feel like it is from the front or rear?

i reckon is from the front.. after i changed the spare tyre and it trembles like nobody business like that..

[ericdude]

If it's coming from the front, how would changing the rear tire have any affect on it?
(You say it got worse after you changed the tire.) My guess would be the spare is out
of balance in a way that is magnified when you brake. The drum is pretty much shielded
by the wheel so unless the wheel was visibly damaged, I doubt the drum took much
punishment. I supposed the whole hub assembly could've gotten bent?

If you want to activate only the rear brakes, you can pull the parking brake lever and
see if you hear the noise.

BTW, what are these 'tyres' and 'metres' you speak of, stranger?

[SCT]

Tires/ wheels that are out-of-balance vibrate at certain speeds depending on how off the balance is, not while braking.

If you applied heavy braking when the tire blew out, it may have strained the brakes, heated up your front rotors and slightly warp them.

With tire blow outs, unless you hit something like say a huge rock or curb, a blow out from a nail (or equivalent) shouldn't damage any parts of the steering system unless you actually keep driving until the tire falls off and the wheel eating the pavement.

If not any of those, maybe it's because the spare has a smaller contact patch. While the other three tires are gripping, your spare may still be finding that grip...

[kcwa]

My 90 SR5 coupe had warped front rotors and they "trembled" during braking. Changed out the front rotors and all is well. I have read that the front rotors on these cars have a tendency to warp...