Vibration at speed

Hello everyone,
I have noticed over the last few days a slight vibration occuring on the front of my freelander TD4, Y reg. Particularly at speed on the motorway. Its not enough to make the steering wheel shake but I can hear it one or both of the front wheels.

I came home last night after travelling down the motorway and decided to put my hand on the front alloy wheels, (stupid I know !!). The drivers front was just warm as you would expect but the passengers front was scorching hot with a funny smell coming from it.

Any ideas please (apart from a skin graft on my hand!!!)
thanks
Nick.

binding brake? warped/ damaged disc

Mine did that a month ago. It was the caliper piston not returning. Same side as yours. Got a recon caliper for £75 from local motorfactors. Also replaced disks and pads. Took about an hour to do. Very simple job.

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2001ytd4 said:

Mine did that a month ago. It was the caliper piston not returning. Same side as yours. Got a recon caliper for £75 from local motorfactors. Also replaced disks and pads. Took about an hour to do. Very simple job.

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ye mate the bottom caliper pin seize in caliper bracket hat to get new caliper carryer bracket .frist try to get one from scrap yard every on who had a freelander in had brackert removed so thinking a common fault brought new one grease pins caliper bracket in box. id renew disc pads to mate both side over heating will warp disc. o get some disc screws to mine seize solid so hat to give the the hammer and screw drive treatment .hat to give disc a knock with a rubber hammer weidid on good luck take care

garythegrass said:

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ye mate the bottom caliper pin seize in caliper bracket hat to get new caliper carryer bracket .frist try to get one from scrap yard every on who had a freelander in had brackert removed so thinking a common fault brought new one grease pins caliper bracket in box. id renew disc pads to mate both side over heating will warp disc. o get some disc screws to mine seize solid so hat to give the the hammer and screw drive treatment .hat to give disc a knock with a rubber hammer weidid on good luck take care

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Thanks fellas,
it all seems to be the same problem. I now have the car jacked up on one side and I've unscrewed the bottom pin and tied the caliper up. The pads (which do smell of burning!) are off and I'm cleaning them as we speak. The pads have a good thickness on them as they were replaced 8 months ago. The discs seem ok, just on minimum thickness. The caliper is moving freely and I,ve just forced the piston back with a G clamp. It moved back freely after the initial crack.

Any other ideas apart from replacing everything?
Thanks
Nick.

Just replaced the caliper £81 inc vat and two new discs £48 inc vat (cars having a birthday!!)
Just going to bleed the caliper side when the wife gets in.

Question, should the ignition be on? (I mean dash board lit). Just reminded myself of meatloaf for some reason........
Thanks
Nick