I have an uneven brake wear on my 1999 dodge ram, seems like only 1 wheel is doinig the braking. what's wrong?

Question

the ABS and the brake lights on the dash also came on.

Answer 1

you have unequal pressure on the system this can be caused by a bad abs unit or a sticking caliper or a wheel cylinder,or from dirt being in the brake lines that can cause any one of the wheels to stick or drag at any time,you may wind up having to have the entire brake system flushed out to remove the dirty fluid,that can cause this,id try this first usually it will take care of it if not you may have to take it to a shop and have them check it,you could have a abs unit going bad,and that will cause this to happen all the time,and usually they have to be replaced,theirs no repairing them,good luck with it.

Answer 2

well you haven't said if its the front or the rear....if only one wheel was working it would be pulling to one side BAD...to find out the abs light problem, get it scanned..that's to only thing for that problem....next question is have you done your own brakes and what did you use.....crappy auto zone parts...hope not.....like i said crappy......did you put any brake fluid in the master...if so, was it brake fluid, if not then you have a contaminated brake system...really big problem..every thing with rubber in it is garbage, caliper, master, wheel cylinders, all the hoses ...ect....if none of these are your problems, start at the front check the calipers, do they compress...if so do the caliper slides move???...if you still can't figure it out take it to a brake shop and if necessary PAY for a brake inspection and either fix what they tell you or have someone that knows what there doing , fix it.....

Answer 3

I vote for the caliper. I had a caliper go bad on my dodge ram. It just locked up on my one day driving home. It was so sudden that I thought I blew a tire. It was easy work replacing it. You should replace them in pairs when you are doing it. This way you can be assured brake pressure is equal.

Answer 4

that wheel cyclinder may not be letting the pressure off the pads, may have sludge in the brake cyclinder, take the wheel off, have somebody smash the brake pedal and release it, try to spin the rotor while the brake is on and when they release it it should spin freely, if it don't you have brake drag and need to clean out and or rebuild that wheel cyclinder, if it spins free, no delay on releasing, there is a block that the brake lines feed into from the master cyclinder, that may have trash in it and not feeding the other three brakes with fluid

Answer 5

Fix the caliper in the front...its seized.They say they should be replaced as a pair?When it pulls to one side thats the side you know works so..replace the other one./or just check the thickness...that will tell you that the worn pad is working so replace the other caliper.Then after the bad caliper is fixed in about three miles the ABS light will hopefully turn off.

Answer 6

could have a bad caliper or a missing tooth on the abs. also you can check maybe there is dirt on one of the teeth for the abs. check and see if there is grease on the rotor. it could be slipping. did you just do a brake job?

Answer 7

Check your rotors. If one is wearing faster than the other then you should replce your pads and rotors. If only one wheel is doing the braking, then you need to checck your brake fluid and bleed the one side that is not braking. you may need to replace your pads anyways

Answer 8

Lot's of good answers here, also make sure the slide bolts are properly lubed.

Answer 9

you need new brakes and pads. and you need a front and rear alignment.

Answer 10

sounds like a bad caliper...