Bendy toy
Registered user
I changed my flange couple of years ago due to cracking (before the recall) using car hub puller draw bolt arrangement and heat gun. There is no reason to apply any load on the FD itself. Would be possible though to apply too much pressure with the draw bolt on fitting if not being careful.
Or maybe the flange wasn't heated properly. Either way a wobbly fitted wheel flange can't be caused by worn FD bearings. But the clumsy fitting process (to make it wobble) could easily cause harm to the FD.