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.

[Superhawk996]

A micrometer doesn’t have to be stupid expensive to get better accuracy than a set of calipers.

Warning: there is a learning curve to get a feel for using micrometers if you’ve never used them. YouTube and spend some time measuring the calibration block that comes with a gauge larger than 1”.

If you buy a set that includes a 0-1” micrometer it’s super easy to practice and get the “feel” locked in by practicing on a set of feeler gauges where you know the number it should be spitting out.