2006-09-08 04:42:05 · 13 answers · asked by springfever70s 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You could suddenly find yourself swerving into oncoming traffic, possibly without any braking or steering control.
You might soil yourself!
2006-09-08 10:44:55 · answer #1 · answered by exert-7 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only one, not much, but one leads to another and your wheel will stop turning after while. It will cause heat damage to other components also. You will hear a grinding noise like gravel or sand is inside your wheel when it turns. This is the broken bearing grinding against of metal parts.
2006-09-08 11:48:58 · answer #2 · answered by Gone Rogue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will make a lot of bad, metal on metal, "squeelng" type of noise. But car will still be driveable. This happened to me once, and I was in the middle of nowhere. I managed to drive it 140 miles to get home. I burned up my spindle, and had to replace that. It fused to the wheel cylinder. But at least I got home, so I could fix it. The car is still very driveable, just turn your radio up and keep your speed down below 45 mph. But I don't recommend doing it like I did, unless you also are in the middle of nowhere! I would drive it home immediately, and fix immediately, before you damage spindle as they are expensive. You don't need a tow. Just go directly home. And fix. And turn up your car radio real loud! lol.
Note: If you've never seen a spindle, and most people haven't, you will be very surprised how thin it is, and how strong that steel must be to support any weight! Super strong steel! Your car spindle is actually no more than 1/4 inch at it's minimum diameter. Yet it can hold up an entire car, through bumps and rumps and everything. AMAZING!
2006-09-08 19:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, you spin the bearing onto the shaft, possibly causing the remaining bearing parts to fuse to the shaft. This would require you to replace the shaft in addition to the bearings. It will also generate a lot of heat, depending on the speed at which you travel when it fails.
2006-09-08 12:02:09 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a huge mass trying to turn. Anything getting in the way lilke the bearing cage, etc. will simply get exploded out of the way. The car will make a horrible grinding/scraping/squeeling noise but you shouldn't loose control.
2006-09-08 11:48:49 · answer #5 · answered by Drewpie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Inside bearing ,wobble wobble bang bang bang.
Outer bearing , wheel would fall off
2006-09-08 11:50:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had one to break a few years back and the whole wheel caught on fire! Usually it will make a squeal or shrieking noise first as a warning.
Why do you think it might be breaking?? If it's already squealing, get it fixed!!!
2006-09-08 11:46:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wheel-lock up. Massive grinding. Massive damage to essential components. Probably wanna get it fixed before you find out for yourself.
2006-09-08 11:46:07 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would be pulling off to the side of the road and calling for a tow unless the wheel came off then you'd be sitting where ever you stopped
2006-09-08 11:44:49 · answer #9 · answered by bill j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will not necessarily lock up. First it would over heat and could cause a flat tire. You will also usually hear a squeaking sound. It would not necessarily be dangerous, but would cause a lot of damage to the other parts around it, and could be very expensive.
2006-09-08 11:46:01 · answer #10 · answered by Darin S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋