Hi,
I had my car to Sears for new tires. The dude with the airgun overtightened some lug nuts, and 3 days later my left front rotor was warped, and the car was shaking each time I braked. I went back to Sears and beat the hell out of the airgun dude, of course (just kidding). I had so many problems with the lying manager at Sears I decided to not go back there again, and put on a new brake rotor myself. When I had the old rotor off, I repacked the wheel bearings. I put new pads on also. I left the front right rotor alone, but put new pads on that side too.
I think it took a few days, but then my car started to noticeably pull off to the right (sometimes) with and without applying the brakes. Sometimes the brakes make it pull right, sometimes it brakes in a straight line. Sometimes when coasting, it pulls right, sometimes not. It never pulls to the left.
The repacked wheel bearings went in OK and everything was nice and snug when I turned in the adjusting nut, then backed off a bit and inserrted the cotter pin in the first available hole. There was a slight movement and clunking sound when I grabbed the tire/wheel and moved it, no more than usual, and the cotter pin was in the right spot.
Maybe all the shaking when I was braking with the warped rotor wore out some suspension parts? I drove it that way for about 2 months. But why wasn't it pulling to the right the day before I put in the new bearings and rotor?
thanks