Hi, just like the title state, can a bad bearing cause caster problem? This happen recently when I noticed that my wheel is shifted closer to the rocker panel area. This car hit a curb before and after that accident, that's how it looked like, but I replaced the traction bar and LCA. After I replaced it the wheel was centered until just recently. I tried jacking it up and shake the wheel there is no movement. However there is play when the car is on the ground and I shift the wheel left and right. The wheel also shift back to the center when i reverse and make a stop without moving forward. so I believe there is play in there. I took the wheel out to check all my bolt and give everything a good tug, everything is on tight. Now I'm stumped please let me know if you have an idea of what's the problem.

 

i highly doubt that a bad bearing is the cause of your problems... since it moves back and fourth from center maybe the bushings are horribly bad?

 

check your ball joints.

 

I will look into the ball joints and bushing and replace if necessary. Are there other possibility that I can look into if those are not the cause. Thanks for reading.