Right, my N/S wheel bearing is clunking and grating a LOT now - it's been making a noise for a few weeks and it's booked into Ford to be sorted, but can't go in till next Monday. Thing is, it's got a bit worse over the last week or so - there's a fair bit of movement in the wheel and you can feel it "click" and turning left especially gets a nasty "knock, knock, knock" from it.

Anyway, my worry is it's dangerous - can the wheel actually come off the vehicle? Can the hub seperate and the wheel, brake disc etc actually physically come away from the rest of the assy? Or will the bearing just collapse and it all lock up?

Don't know alot about bearings and hub assy's