2000 Mercury Cougar 2.5L V6 Auto/ NO ABS

I replaced the bearing, the ball joint, the tie rod and there is still movement on the hub up and down, and side to side....it seems like its moving the CV joint, and when i turn the Axle, it does sound like grinding in the outer CV joint.... The vehicle had A LOT of vibration on the passenger side front wheel (which is where all these parts have been replaced) between 50mph - 65mph.... is there something i'm missing, or is changing the Half shaft going to finally fix the issue? (all the other parts were bad due to , if it turns out to be the CV joint, the cv joint being bad.
Hi texman. Usually a bad cv joint will give a ratchet type clicking noise when the wheel is cut hard and driven. If you have excessive play in the wheel, and the bearing was just replaced, double check that the axle nut didn't back off. The noise and symptom you are describing is that of an axle bearing. When you drive down the road and hear the noise, move the steering wheel to the left and right. If the noise is present in one direction, and disappears in the other, there is a bad axle bearing.