Hello all, I’m new to the forum and hope I might have some light shed on my problem by those in the know. I had a front end collision,drivers side headlight area. Nothing visibly bad mostly plastic,paint and brackets. But they did say the frame was slightly curled and needed to be stretched back to specs. No impact was on the front wheel. 2 weeks after the vehicle was returned to me I noticed a hum or slight vibration when the steering was turned slightly right, as well as the steering wheel was not aligned at 12 o’clock, but the alignment was good as far as tracking on the road. My question is, could the frame stretching have damaged the bearing or was it just my time for a normal repair. It’s odd that I drove it around for 2 weeks after the collision and before repairs and had no issues. The off center steering wheel was corrected by the repair facility but the bearing , according to the shop may not be covered as a supplemental repair because the insurance company claims there was no wheel impact. So my question is, could frame correction impact the bearing is it was done incorrectly or if the alignment done by the shop was done incorrectly. The trucks been in the shop waiting for insurance approval since Friday last week. Neither I, or the repair facility are getting any responses from the insurance company. I need to end it. If the bearing just happened to go when it did, oh well. But if it could be related to the repairs then I’ll need to pursue that avenue. The truck has 130,000 on it. Thanks. Larry

 

I believe I would just go ahead and replace the bearing and call it a day.