I hear something rubbing on the floor of my truck but when I get out and check it nothing appears wrong, so I get home and jack my truck up thinking it is something with the front driver side tire and I grab the tire and shake it and it feels loose so I take the tire off and put it back on thinking the lug nuts were loose but I can still shake it.

does this sound like the front wheel hub is going out.

 

How loose is it? It's definitely possible the wheel hub/bearing is bad, but it's a lot more likely it's a ball joint or tie rod end. Usually when the hub is shot, you'll hear a noticeable whine at freeway speeds depending on how much play there is. I'd check the ball joints before anything. 97-2003's are notorious for ball joint issues. My 2001 needed lowers @ 40k...

 

it sounds more like a grind than a whine and even then if it is ball joints all my suspension minus the shocks is the original and I have somewhere between 250,000 and 300,000 miles so I guess it is about time for a complete overhaul of the suspension but I want to wait till I can get a 6 inch suspension lift and then replace whatever the suspension lift does not cover.

 

your wheel bearing is bad it happened to mine about a month ago and my wheel did the same thing... the guy said its really bad to drive on bad ones so he replaced em. it was like 300 dollar

 

Its the Tie-Rod end.. I just changed mine, Get them from O'reilys. Moog Makes real nice ones that have a grease fitting