Hello

I have a 1987 Dodge B250 Ram conversion van. I was driving it today and dropped a friend off and noticed a burning smell like burning fluid but could not find where it was coming from. Then as I was returning home I noticed the brake pedal seemed a lot looser. It did still work but I had to push in a lot more for it to engage. Once I got home I noticed that the front driver side wheel is bent inward from the top and it looks like there is some fluid on the outside of the rim and tire.
To clarify, the tire is not bent inward like if I was turning the wheel, It is bent inward from the top of the wheel.

Obviously I will not be driving it until I figure out what is going on. Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help.

 

Obviously you need to pull the wheel off and inspect the wheel, hub, caliper, etc. Should be readily apparent once you remove the wheel.

 

I am going to guess a front wheel bearing blew up.

 

Ditto to this.