I wouldnt think so. The internals have 360 support. Your hub was probably welded off center. Good catch. My '96 Breeze convertor is probably in the same shape, mysterious leak at the convertor area....
Its a TCI torque converter and about 15 years back, shortly after putting it in new, it ate up the front trans bushing because the snout was off center on the torque converter. A local shop redid the converter and I had a trans guy replace the entire front pump assembly and it has been fine up till now.
Just wondering it the bushing in the transmission, the one up in the pump housing, needs to be replaced?