Center Differential not broken, but tires still drag and still hear a clanking.

[Deadly BlaZe]

Ok so I had the situation where my tires were dragging around tight turns and I would hear a clanking around under the car. Everyone assumed it was a busted center differential so I opened up the transmission, took out the differential, and nothing was broken and no broken gears fell out or anything. I did find random scraps of metal but couldn't figure out where it was from. I cleaned it out and put everything back together. Tires are still dragging and I still hear clanking. I'm at a loss to what it could be.

 

[gurmanator]

bad wheel bearings(draging),bad cv joint(clanking),jack the car up and rotate the tires by hand and see what you come up with.

 

[Deadly BlaZe]

bad wheel bearings(draging),bad cv joint(clanking),jack the car up and rotate the tires by hand and see what you come up with.

I'll check on that. Thanks. Any other opinions?

 

[fp-green-95tsi]

Are the rear tires dragging? Maybe you busted something in the rear?

 

[Deadly BlaZe]

bad wheel bearings(draging),bad cv joint(clanking),jack the car up and rotate the tires by hand and see what you come up with.

I think you may be right on this actually. I just noticed when i'm driving above 20 mph, the tires start howling and whistling just like a bad wheel bearing would do.