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Originally Posted by strat61caster
depends on the kind of motion, a dead wheel bearing would be play in the wheel, you wouldn't be articulating the suspension to show it and without having an eye on the hub to see if the motion is wheel to hub, or hub to control arms you can't be sure if it's a bearing or a ball joint.
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A bad bearing will have play in any direction. A bad ball joint would only have play between 12 and 6 (not 9 and 3), and a bad tie rod would have play between 9 and 3 (but not 12 and 6). If you've got a bad ball joint AND tie rod, or a bad bearing, it would have similar play.
You're right though, if you're looking at it from behind you can see if the play is between knuckle and hub, or knuckle and LCA, or knuckle and tie rod (or inner tie rod and rack).