wheel problems

[the heeat]

Long story short...bought 97 spyder gst, had been wrecked and half-assed repaired, shocks n struts on drivers side are shot, rear drivers wheel seems to be leaning out at the top. I had noticed this shortly after purchase but thought it was because of shocks. Yesterday when leaving a meeting i happened to notice that the rear drivers tire was bald on the outside edge from sidewall in about 3"! Bought a used tire later in the day and wheel has looked fine since and nothing seemed bent, warped or anything else visible while the wheel was removed. Would it be the lack of shocks causing this problem or something else I'm not thinking of? The front wheel is fine as far as looks and wear, as are the other wheels. Any help you guys can throw my way will be much appreciated! Thanks in advance guys!

 

[luv2rallye]

Rear drivers wheel most likely is toed way out too far for that kind of wear.

 

[BLAKSUNSHINE]

My front passenger tire would lean out at the top excessively and it turned out to be the wheel bearing.Jack her up and give her a wiggle.

 

[the heeat]

BLAKSUNSHINE- say it is a bearing, what am i looking for/listening for when i give it a wiggle?

WISEMAN- im limited on tools, etc, only have basics mostly...would the toe adjustment be something i could do easily or something that i would need to take to a garage?

UPDATE: took wheel off and after further inspection, crossmember is bent/cracked/broke around bolt...there is a lil movement when i wiggled the wheel, but no noise. As i said before, car had been wrecked....would the damaged X-member cause the wheel to sit/ride unusual and create the wear on outside of tire?

 

[luv2rallye]

would the damaged X-member cause the wheel to sit/ride unusual and create the wear on outside of tire?

Yep that would do it too.

 

[BLAKSUNSHINE]

BLAKSUNSHINE- say it is a bearing, what am i looking for/listening for when i give it a wiggle?



UPDATE: took wheel off and after further inspection, crossmember is bent/cracked/broke around bolt...there is a lil movement when i wiggled the wheel, but no noise.

If the movement is from the broken area,problem solved but the tire shouldnt have any wiggle in it,should be stiff .If it does then bearings are shot.

 

[the heeat]

Ok, repaired the x-member and couple other things that needed fixing but i forgot to check the wheel for movement after we finished so ill check it later. The following day, after running errands all day, the car was parked in the yard for almost an hour and when i started it back up there was a knock/ticking sound and the engine seemed to be idling lower than usual (tach inop). I thought it might even itself out but then it died on me...had to rev a lil to get restarted and it was still idling the same and i had to keep in the throttle a little to keep it running and when i would back out on the clutch to try and move the car it would die...have no clue whats wrong...neighbor said it kinda sounded like a rod?

Ok, repaired the x-member and couple other things that needed fixing but i forgot to check the wheel for movement after we finished so ill check it later. The following day, after running errands all day, the car was parked in the yard for almost an hour and when i started it back up there was a knock/ticking sound and the engine seemed to be idling lower than usual (tach inop). I thought it might even itself out but then it died on me...had to rev a lil to get restarted and it was still idling the same and i had to keep in the throttle a little to keep it running and when i would back out on the clutch to try and move the car it would die...have no clue whats wrong...neighbor said it kinda sounded like a rod?