My '99 Cavalier (50K miles) failed its NYS safety inspection, for a "bad hub bearing". So, I tested this the way I used to test wheel bearings: jack it up, and feel for play in the wheel. I don't find any. There is what looks like a bad tie-rod, on the other side. This gives some play in the alleged bad wheel, but you can see the movement all the way back to the steering wheel.
Anyway, is there some magical way of testing hub bearings that I'm missing?
TIA, George