Repetitive braking noise on Tundra

My 2012 2WD tundra is clicking from the front right wheel. Originally it was a light rubbing noise that has been around for a year. I never looked into it because it was a very minuscule noise. Today it started “tapping” while braking. It’s relatively loud and it sounds like a repeated popping/ tap that always happens when braking. Any idea what I should be looking for? Anything in specific that could cause this? Is it something that needs to be immediately fixed or can it hold off until a replacement comes in?

 

I have 17” wheels and this one time after wheeling the balancing weights started rubbing on the caliper and made an annoying scraping sound. I loosened the caliper bolts and was able to adjust the caliper away from the weights.

Also check if the dust shield is bent towards the disc. They’re known to make noise as well.

 

No I had that click but I knew it wasn’t anything, this is repetitive so as the rotor rotated while pressure is being applied the clicking continues until I release pressure from the brake pedal, when there is no pressure it still makes a rubbing/ metallic noise at a very small sound level.

 

It’s kind of weird. When I let off the break after 2-3 seconds it’ll click again. When I step on the brake it’ll click once or twice. Twice when I touch the pedal and again when I put more pressure on the brake pedal. When no pressure there’s a ticking/ rubbing sound coming from the same wheel. Sometimes when removing pressure it take 2-3 seconds of a delay before clicking. Not consistent in terms of the exact time but the noise is generally always there when I’m driving regardless of heat or cold

 

Nope I’ve had the same pads for a while now, about a year. I’m not too hard of a driver and at a glance the pads look fine. It’s only the front right that has the noise

 

I’ve never done the brakes myself on this truck, how do I know if the pads are bad? It’s just odd to me because I expected bad pads to make squeaks while braking. The small squeak/tick I have is hard to pickup but the clicking is loud and easily recognizable I just don’t know what the cause is

 

17” Rock Warriors but I had 18’s just a week or two ago. These are 35’s and the braking has been harder due to the weight difference.

 

These should be Toyota provided pads as I have always serviced the truck at Toyota, I’ve only recently began doing it myself with this truck. Brakes are one thing I haven’t gotten to yet

 

I had a friend who knows nothing about toyotas say it could be the caliper? He’s a jeep guy but I’m not sure if that is a relevant issue in tundras that could cause these “symptoms”. Trying to see if anyone could send me in the right direction, I’d hate to buy new rotors and pads if it’s not needed. I do appreciate your help though these forums have saved me one too many times!

 

If I were you, I would take the caliper off, remove the pads, check the pads to see if they are smooth and don't have any defects, clean off the touch points between the pads and caliper then lube them with stop squeal, pull the caliper pins and clean them off and re-lube them as well, then put it all back together.

 

Any tutorial or write up you can reference me to? We usually like doing tutorials and uploading them but I’m not confident with this so it’s time for me to learn!

 

I've done brakes on this Tundra but never bothered to create a tutorial or video. Youtube probably has plenty. It's a fairly easy job, but can be time consuming if everything is rusted. Forgot to mention that you should flush out some brake fluid on that caliper afterwards. Maybe the cheater thing to do is flush out the break fluid first just in case there's air in that line that could be leading to the caliper hanging up. It may do the trick and save you from removing the caliper. Pop the wheel off, flush out some brake fluid, put the wheel back on and see if the noise went away.

 

The pop/click is new but the other noise ive been thinking could be pad or rotor related? I think I’m gonna take it to my buddies warehouse to do what you said then go from there.

 

Also the truck is a Florida truck so no rust, very clean 158K miles and I believe it’s on the original rotors all highway miles for a while. About a year ago I was told the rotors were around 7mm and would need to be replaced if they started warping

 

Any recommendations on a jack I can buy locally? Planning on doing the rotors and pads while I’m down there. Figure I will at least start with the caliper check.