Yep, I've read the same thing. The guy yanked and tugged on both wheels...actually the rears also....and ask me some questions and decided to pull the left front. He said there was another guy there that was better on front ends than him but had the day off so who knows. I did read someone had a left bearing bad that made noise while turning left but the majority and most of the folk's that know their stuff on here say it's the opposite wheel also.
I know this tour is a short timer if it keeps annoying me. I miss my little 95 Escort GT.... 150k miles on it when I traded it and after 5 years of abuse it still was less trouble than the tour has been over an 8 month period.