front driver side brake!!

front driver side brake!!

I was driving and I noticed that the front driver side brake is seizing up on me. After a while I can smell the burning from the disc brake and when I look at it, the disc is red hot. What do I need to do? Why is it seizing up??

is there anything stuck between the disk and break pad? i had a similar thing happen to me and it turrned out to just be junk built up under the pad.

try lubing the caliper slides, and check for random debris and clean it all up...

if none of that works u need a caliper, cuz ur piston is prolly locking up

hmm hoping its just debris but if not im screwed with a new caliper .. thats like 150-200bucks w/o labor

You could get a rebuilt caliper relatively cheap. My guess is the pins just need to be lubed up and gunk cleaned off the piston's dust boot.

Okay, well I'm waiting now - after dropping it off at a Kost auto place. Let's see if they try to rip me a new one with some elaborate shit. They said they needed 2 hours to look at it and they'll give me a call.

I think they tried to play me before when they said I needed a new inner tie rod or the control arm but I only went back because its the closest to campus and I can just walk back and wait on campus.

Keep ya guys updated.

For the record - when I drove it this morning, I looked at the two front rotors and the passenger side was good, the disc surface was clean because it was cleaned off when i used the brakes but the surface of the driver side disc was still dirty, like brake dust was smeared in a circular motion or something.

vibebreaker added 25 Minutes and 22 Seconds later...

so i got a call and said that the piston in the caliper is locked up.

i need a new caliper. i need a new rotor because it warped and brake pad.

the guy quoted me $609 and that includes labor.. sigh.

buy the parts and do it yourself. brakes are super easy to do.

yeah im just waitin to get a garage and some tools and i'll def do it. im just pressed for time this time of year, with final exams and i have to make a 200mile trip after it