Right front wheel, excessive shudder - brakes be the cause?

[spicyHam]

Hey all,

Just recently my car has developed a severe shudder coming from the right front wheel. At first i thought it was just in need of a wheel alignment but it was not constant and when it did happen it was really bad, + there was a clunking noise, so when it did it again i stopped and had a look - the brake/wheel in question felt really hot and there was heaps of brake dust. The disc looked a bit scored as well. On a drive today on the m/way (was goin to pitstop, in the end they were too busy >.< ) it was fine at 100kph until i accelerated to 120.. upon slowing down the crazy shudder came back and didn't stop till i went under 65. A friend driving alongside said the wheel was noticeably bouncing up and down.

Took wheel off today, suspension arms look okay but im no expert.

I Could see that the pads are worn and need changing but this doesn't seem to be a normal result of pads needing changing badly - the metal wear trims haven't even started making much noise yet. I suspect the problem is caused by the brakes, possibly a sticky caliper, but thats as far as i can really get. Any ideas as to a specific cause, or course of action?

[funkytown]

could be a sticky caliper.

[Guest boostcut]

is your shock leaking/ROOTED by any chance?

[Jimbob]

was one of your wheels hotter than the other (the dusty one)

and sticky caliper is my guess i had same symptoms

i rebuilt mine, could just replace calipers

[spicyHam]

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is your shock leaking/ROOTED by any chance?

from what i could see there were no leaks from the shock. The problem seems to happen when cruising on the motorway when the shock isn't really even doing anything but i spose it could be a possibility. Really hope not tho coz tht wuld be expensive..

[quote name='Jimbob said:

was one of your wheels hotter than the other (the dusty one)

and sticky caliper is my guess i had same symptoms

i rebuilt mine, could just replace calipers

Yes that sounds like the same thing. new calipers aye.. Trademe time? lol.

[spicyHam]

went on another drive today, brake got so hot there was smoke coming off it. So its Def. a brake problem.

[funkytown]

 spicyHam said:

went on another drive today, brake got so hot there was smoke coming off it. So its Def. a brake problem.

caliper not releasing. and you'll have hot spots and have uneven pad wear left to right