Okay guys, I just picked up this 89 Ranger 4x4 tonight. On the way home I noticed some noise coming out of the front end it seems, it's loudest at about 35 mph. Has something to do with wheel bearings or something up there because it gets louder with speed but kinda trails off after 40mph. It's like a growl kind of noise and you can sorta feel it in the floor as well.

The previous owner said he had done front brakes and bearings just recently. I noticed the ball joints may be failing as the front wheels have some negative camber and it creeks over slow bumps and turns. I've never heard this growl noise before, can someone point me in the right direction?

Sorry for being the new guy with all the problems lol any help is much appreciated otherwise I'm dropping it off at Les Schwab cause this is supposed to be my daily driver and I dont wanna mess with it

 

Manual or auto hubs, if manual were they locked in, was the transfer case in 4x4, did it make any difference if in 2 whl. It could be several things, wheel bearings, spindle bearings, third member out of oil, axel shaft u joints frozen up.

 

It's got auto hubs. Unable to put it in 4 wheel cause I still need to put a driveline in it. I didnt think bad ball joints would have anything to do with this