I noticed a clicking sound yesterday that appears to come from the front driver side. Initially, I touhght it was a screw or bolt that got stuck in one of my tires, since the frequency of the noise increases with the speed of the wheels and not the engine. I verified my tires and it's not the issue. I also jacked up the car and spun the tires one at a time. I couldn't reproduce the noise this way. There needs to be some weight on the wheels or load on the drivetrain for the noise to appear. Steering the wheels either left or right doesn't affect the sound. It's there wether I do forward, backward or I turn left or right.

I uploaded a clip to Youtube:

4runner noise - YouTube

You can hear the noise twice, at 1 and 6 seconds when the wheel is in the same position.

Any clue as to what could be causing this noise?

Note that I changed both my CV axles about 3 weeks ago due to torn boots. I went against everyone's advice and got Cardone HD CV axles, in order to minimize downtime. My plan is to eventually reboot my stock CV axles and reinstall them if/when I have issues with the Cardone.

My guess is wheel bearing or cheap Cardone CV

It's possible... There's no loose in the wheel bearing and it spins smoothly. I didn't expect the Cardone HD CV axle to be as durable as OEM, but 3 weeks and under 200 miles of road driving would be very underwelming durability.

How would I diagnose to figure out if it's either the wheel bearing or the CV axle?

Problem solved… Some of the lug nuts weren’t tightened to spec. Torqued them properly and the noise is gone. Not sure how that happened. The 3 other wheels were properly torqued.

That'll do it! Lol

I always recheck my lugnuts after a short drive. Sometimes the wheel does not seat completely, the drive then recheck makes it a non-issue.