Q: Harmonic Balancer

asked by on February 06, 2017

Had car wreck and the front left was replace, front bumper, rim on tire and it needed an alignment. Upon return of vehicle, the fly wheel was vibrating and squealing was heard from the belt. Noticeably the belt was not on track. When brought back to shop they said it was probably just wear from my harmonic balancer and not due to the wreck? It never showed any signs before it was sent in to repair and started right after I picked the car up. Could the wreck have caused this or is this just coincidence?

My car has 55000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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