front wheel movement, Thought it was the bearings, but they are new... Options

[rjames]

After getting the newly rebuilt front suspension buttoned up, I thought I was done, but I can't seem to remove a bit of play in both of the front wheels. Feels exactly like loose wheel bearings, except that it's not. I installed new wheel bearings in the rotors even though the old ones looked fine since I was in there anyway. Spindles looked fine, too.
I verified no movement in the strut, and I can't feel any movement anywhere else on the strut assembly (ball joint, tie rods, control arm etc.). Over tightening the bearings only helped a tiny bit, (I didn't drive on the overtightened bearing, just did it to see if it removed the play).

I've done my front bearings before and didn't run into this issue. I guess I'm left with removing the rotors, but don't even know what to look for.

[rjames]

No play in steering wheel.

No extra clearance between strut rods and the top body mount. (That was a thought before I knew how they we’re supposed to be seated.)

Gland nut- I don’t think I feel movement there. I do know that I tightened them to spec on the bench.

I started to wonder if maybe I left some paint on the surface of where the ball joints sit on the control arm, but I don’t feel any movement there.

I don’t feel movement in the (new) tie rod joint.

Inner and outer races are fully seated.
I measured bearings and spindles and they are within .10 of each other. The old bearings were good too. They were in good shape so I tried installing them for grins and there was no discernible change. New ones went back in.

I'm going to try and get it up in the air with weight on the tires so I can get further under the car while recreating the noise/movement. Hoping that maybe it's in fact the gland nuts, but I don't think it is.

[Superhawk996]

I measured bearings and spindles and they are within .10 of each other. The old bearings were good too. They were in good shape so I tried installing them for grins and there was no discernible change. New ones went back in.

Decimal places matter. I think this is typo. Did you mean 0.010” or less between spindle OD and bearing ID? 0.010” is quite a bit. I’d think it would probably be less than half of that but don’t have parts in front of me to measure and suspect Bruce isn’t terribly far off either. 0.002” of clearance is a slip fit.

I think you’re saying old and new were basically the same?