Struggling to diagnose a vibration in the passenger side front

[Struggly]

I'm having a tough time diagnosing an unusual vibration in the right front. Does anyone have ideas or suggestions?

1994 Protege DX with BP swap. Mods in sig.

Symptoms:
When I load up the right side (turn hard to the left), I get a vibration that feels like I have a flat tire that is about to tear itself from the rim (though this is obviously not the problem). It happens only under hard cornering to the left. Street driving is fine, but if I'm on the roadcourse or blasting up a highway on-ramp, the vibration is very noticeable.

The vibration does not exactly translate into steering wheel vibration, though I can feel some looseness through the wheel.

The vibration is not speed, gear, or load dependent.

What I've tried so far:
3 different sets of wheels and tires
3 different ball joints (original, known good spare, and new)
2 axles (original and new)
2 spindle/wheelbearing/hub assemblies (original and known good one from another protege)

With the car assembled (regardless of the combination of parts above), there is no play or looseness in the wheel. Side-to-side and up-down wiggling of the wheel produces no play.

Bushings for that control arm were replaced late last summer (energy susp.).
Upper strut mount for that corner replaced 3 months ago.
Strut for that corner replaced last summer.
Pads and caliper new as of 2 months ago, rotor replaced 2 weeks ago.
Tie rod and tie rod end have not been replaced, but are in good shape and have no play.

Bolts for the control arm, subframe, and all suspension parts have been checked and checked again for tightness.

The car does not exhibit any other issues when cornering hard to the right, accelerating, or braking.

I am running out of ideas and open to suggestions.

Clint

[therieldeal]

do you have the BP tranny/axle setup too? or the original DX stuff?

[323driver]

Your right bearing is going. We just replaced one on my friends accord because it was doing the exact same thing under cornering and only a bit in a straight line.

[therieldeal]

What I've tried so far:
3 different sets of wheels and tires
3 different ball joints (original, known good spare, and new)
2 axles (original and new)
2 spindle/wheelbearing/hub assemblies (original and known good one from another protege)

With the car assembled (regardless of the combination of parts above), there is no play or looseness in the wheel. Side-to-side and up-down wiggling of the wheel produces no play.

[13thghost]

well it sounds like you have an alignment angel problem maybe something is bent . and even if you took the car to get aligned they might of overlooked the included angel of your suspension. think about it this is not a fluke of nature lol!! maybe this is originating from your rack and pinion ? this is a major component that takes part in wheel turning angels.

[Struggly]

do you have the BP tranny/axle setup too? or the original DX stuff?

BP tranny/axle.

Nevermind though, problem is solved.

Clint

[therieldeal]

what was the problem?

[Struggly]

what was the problem?

Honestly, I'm not exactly sure.

I think that, in an odd coincidence, I had a few different parts that were simultaneously on the verge of failing: the wheel bearing, the ball joint, and the axle. So when I was swapping parts out for spares and doing all the diagnosis crap, I wasn't able to actually pinpoint the problem and ended up giving myself the run-around.

Over the weekend I got my pile of test parts back together, put all the parts that I knew were brand new on the car, and then just started replacing the remaining parts on that corner until I found a combination that wasn't broken. Not exactly my preferred method, but oh well.

Clint