I know I have seen posts about steering wheel shake before but I have a question that I did not see an answer to. When I am driving on an asphalt
road that is a little bumpy and apply the brakes the steering wheel will shake. If I am driving on a new concrete road and apply the brakes the car will stop just great. NO shake. I put new rotors and pads all around about
10k ago. I do not think the rotors are warped as there has been no braking
that would overheat them. Any ideas?

 

balance your tires and check the wear, check the air pressure in your tires... and make sure that your steering assembly doesnt have a lot of play in it...

concrete has a different coefficient of friction than asphalt and can cause braking to feel a little different...

Check your calipers and brake cylinders... If your calipers are old, the pistons can engage differently, causing your pads to grab at an angle... this can wear out pads and rewarp your discs in 10k miles...

 

What kind of car do you have??

 

rotors can warp even if they r new. they just have to get hot then wet. i wouldnt worry about it unless it shakes all of the time then u will know its the rotors. they may have a little run out. my car would do that but it ended up being the sway bar bushings that were bad. i have a 92 with the original rotors and 130,000mi on them and they r fine.