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Put a gob of wheel bearing grease on the push rod before you install it. It will stay up by itself long enough to get the new pump in.
If you do not change a bad wheel bearing the bearing will cut a groov in the axle.If it goes on long enough the axle will have to be replaced.It could also ruin the axle housing.Then you would have to replace the rearend.
I used an SKF 30205J2/Q bearing and CR 692369 seal. Russ
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Not knowing how bad the bearing is, I can't say how long it will last before the wheel falls off. Drive to your local garage for repair and don't take the highway.
It could seize up next time you drive it. Don't take chances, replace faulty wheel bearings immediately.
If the wheel bearing was bad enough, the hub could possibly come off. The wheel bearing would have to have been failed for a long time.
With the proper tools and knowledge, 1 hour.
If it truly is the wheel bearing that has gone bad, the noise will start out small then progressively get louder. On most modern cars the wheel bearing can be driven on until the noise is unbareable to the driver, I have driven a bad wheel bearing for a few hundred miles before having it replaced. Since the make, model, and year of the car is unknown a proper answer is unable to be provided so I am not suggesting to drive the car long distances but usually all that will happen is the noise will grow progressively worse.i would not drive at all you will cause dammage to spindle which will cost much more to repair and you could lose the entire wheel off the vehicle
The wheel bearing can overheat and fall apart causing the wheel to come off of the vehicle. This can happen with little to no warning. Have this repaired it is very dangerous to operate a vehicle with a bad wheel bearing.The bearing will usually make noise first then proceed to a vibration. If left long enough the bearing will either sieze or break apart, with the wheel coming off (but that last is an extreme case).I the worst case the wheel can seize up. Go get it fixed as soon as you can, if it is making a lot of noise and you have had it for a while you might even want to have the car brought in on a flatbed truck to the repair shop
Long enough for the bearing to sieze, wear the axle into, and cause you to have an accident. If it were my truck, I wouldn't drive it period, until this was repaired.
Concrete wheel stops are typically pinned into the paving using 18" long 3/4" diameter rebar.