I recently bought a dakota and my front right brake sticks after I drive normally in town for 10 or so mins. It will get worse and worse the more I drive it. I'll let the truck cool off and it works perfectly normal right after. This is a 2002 dakota slt

 

Your problem can be a couple of things. You might have a caliper trying to stick. I suspect though, considering the age, your flex hose may be failing. Pull the wheel and run the Mark 1 eyeball over it. If you see any cracks in the outer rubber, replace it. It may be restricted inside and the pressure takes a while to leak off. If the hose IS bad, replace the other one too as it's the same age.

 

By flex hose I'm guessing you mean the brake hose correct?

 

It's the flexible hose from the frame to the caliper.

 

Okay yeah, I checked it and it seems like it was replaced recently

 

Is there any discoloration on the caliper or rotor from heat? Blue metal is a tip off but other appearances too. Wheel bearing good and smooth operating? Any wiggles with the wheel on the car?

 

No colour but when it does drag I'll drive it home and I can smell the brakes and the whole wheel is hot from it if I drive a little with it bring like that.

 

Quite possibly when it's getting hot, if you jack it up right away, the wheel will drag and not rotate easily. If that's the case, you have a caliper dragging. Either from a collapsed hose or dirty caliper. The remove the wheel when this happens and open the bleeder screw. If it frees up right away, it's your hose. If it makes no difference, it's the caliper.