I pulled it all apart today, still a little confused.
The hub has what I would call a "tight spot" where it gets harder to rotate the hub by hand once per rotation. You can hear it as well as feel it while you turn the hub. It is the hub for sure, the rotor is almost new and makes no contact with any other parts while I rotate it, everything has at least 1/4" clearance from the rotating parts. I lubed the bottom and tops of the pads where they slide in the caliper brackets, just to insure that they don't make noise. For now the squeak is gone, not sure why?
On another note, the wheel that's on that side was dented slightly when my wife hit a pothole, or a dog, or who the hell knows what else in the road. Tire shop said they can't fix the dent, but did say it balanced out and shouldn't be an issue? I call BS. Today I used a sledge and a short 2x4 and very gently massaged the lip back into shape, you can't even tell standing back where it happened now. Before it was noticeable. There is a hairline crack in the lip, and it runs down into the bead area of the rim about an inch. I am concerned, but it does hold air and is holding up fine for now. Test drive confirmed my vibration is GONE, no additional vibration or road noise like there was before.
When I get the cash I'll try and pick up a take off wheel for cheap, I have the 20"s so I'm sure it's gonna hurt. FYI dent was on back side of wheel.
