[SteveSarre]

PS

Forgot to mention the drop links and inner and outer tie rod ends.

I haven't had much luck detecting worn wheel bearings. Obviously if they get really bad you can hear a moan, or in one case (at 120k miles) a big click every time the wheel went round (it was not the CV joint).

But I haven't been able to detect less severe deterioration (eg 140k miles). Once the old bearing was off, it was a bit gritty, but I was happy to change it while I was doing other stuff.
Prying the wheel up and down when the car is jacked up, or rocking the top and bottom of the wheel in and out, or rotating the wheel and feeling the spring doesn't do it for me. There is too much other stuff involved (CV joints, steering rack etc) and anyway those tests are not testing the bearing "under load".

If I take one side apart at 140k miles and find that it is worn, then I would probably change the other side as well.

Of course it all depends on time and budget.

Steve