front screeching only on harder right turns...

[wwjd]

so, jacked up front end, spun tires, all sounded fine, just slight brake pad grip noise like normal.
pulled tires off, turned and spun, all still normal sounding.

noticed the protector/metal shield on the back side of brake rotor seemed a little closer on the noise/driver side, so we tried bending it away just a little to match the other side. I still think the inner part of that might be close or scraping on my hard right turns.
I think the squealing has lessened and it seems harder to reproduce. I hear a little scraping pre squealing, but nothing FEELS wrong in turns.

Does this all sound like something is just scraping, or could it still be bearings?
I'm fine with replacing bearing if needed, but dont want the expense if it is just some brake shield scraping.

this only happens on very tight right turns, near or at lock, a speeds above 10-ish