As long as the bad bearing lasts. There is no way of knowing when or where you will be stuck on the side of the road. Get it fixed now!
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.
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.
there is no front shaft in 63 impala Wrong answer, it's about two feet from the transmission to the carrier bearing
Front bearing will drop out when remove from spindle, rear one will need to remove the grease seal then the bearing will come out. To get the races out drive them out by using a long punch and reacing throu the rotor and drive them out from the back side of the race.
If an idler pulley is broken, I would advise not to drive it anywhere. It would effect the power steering, water pump, alternator and coolant fan causing you to get stuck on the road and possibly cost many more $$ in damage.
absolutely. If that is what is squealing and it ceases the timing belt could be damaged and in some engines cause major damage. Non clearence engines can smash vales and pistons and even crack heads and pistons. Go to http://www.gates.com/part_locator/index.cfm?location_id=3598&go=Interference to find out more about timing belts. There is also a tension pulley on many serpentine drive belt assembly. This belt is usually very long and goes the engine pulley, alternator, PS pump, AC pump. The idle pulley applies pressure to the back side of the belt, the flat and opposite side that would fit into the slots of accessory being driven.
Not knowing the extent of wear I can't answer that question with any degree of accuracy. I suggest replacing the bad hub/bearing assembly if you can hear the bearing rumble.
battery is low charge. Take it for a long drive, to take the load off the engine from the alternator charging it.
Well Hmmm... It could be the belt is to long, the tension spring is worn, if it is a vary drive system (2-belts) the vari-drive assembly may be worn and not grip the new belts. Re check your belt routing make sure it is on the inside of the guide pins and not stuck on one. If you removed the front drive pulley from the engine to remove the belt ( some people do) check to see if the drive key is still in place. One last thing is to check and see if the new drive belt is installed or seated in the transmission drive pulley, some times they can fall below the pulley.
The I in idle is a long I vowel sound, and the -le has a schwa sound (eyed-ul).
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
It should only take about 5 minutes. It should idle smoother and accelerate better.