Strange noise from left wheel

I just put new pads and rotors on my 2wd 99 tacoma xtra cab and went to drive down the road and hear a thumping sound. I have check the left wheel for the obvious wheel bearing gone bad and it won't move. Can you guys help I'm running out of options and it's aggravating me

 

Sounds like like ball joint, does it get worse when you turn the wheel in either direction? One direction? Could be work out front suspension a-arm too. toyota had a recall for ball joints a while ago, see if this covers your rig. probably way too late.

 

If it didn't make the noise, before you did the work, then blame the work. You did something wrong. If so, re-do it.

 

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1st step and probably start on the left wheel......Much easier to take apart what you just did to RE-CHECK your work than "chase your tail" looking for a mystery..

 

Can you check wheel bearings by jacking one of the front tires off the ground and trying to move the wheel assembly without shaking the truck.

There has been an older discussion on the same issue in this forum.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/190552-strange-noise-front-end.html

 

check the dust cover isn't rubbing against the disc