Nissyota88 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 When i was trying to pull out my z car from the busehes yesterday, i hooked the pathy up to it and tried to pull... seemed like it had no torque when it was floored, and it wouldnt hella rev up high either... and i was in grass and the tires wernt spining so... its got me curious? my pathy have traction control? cause if so... i aint gonna do mud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogdor Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I don't think that any of the 87-89 had traction control, but you never know. Some one else may know more, so correct me if I am wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooled Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 No Pathfinders, 87-95 had traction control. If you have a manual tranny, sounds like maybe a slipping clutch or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87pathy Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 If it wouldn't rev and its a manual, then something is really out of whack.. My guess is that its an automatic and he left the parking brake on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 If you have a manual tranny, sounds like maybe a slipping clutch or something. been there done that...you would have had smelled a nice little burning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87pathy Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 been there done that...you would have had smelled a nice little burning yep, and the engine would rev up too. did you smell amonia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissyota88 Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Na its an automatic, no clutch... It wouldnt rev up.. it would just. like.. BLah like no torque or something, like.. i couldnt break the tires free, and no the e brake was off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Did you have it in 4 low? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissyota88 Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Did you have it in 4 low? I switched back from 4low and 4hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 You won't pull a car in 4hi if it's not running, out of the bushes. 4lo is necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissyota88 Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 You won't pull a car in 4hi if it's not running, out of the bushes. 4lo is necessary. ya, it was in 4hi, then switched it to 4low... im kinda upset as to why it wouldnt even break traction What am i supposed to do in mud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 It will break traction....if the surface is slick enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 You won't pull a car in 4hi if it's not running, out of the bushes. 4lo is necessary. something sounds fishy about this whole thing...I rarely put my truck in 4lo and I have pulled many trucks out of mud holes ones with busted drive lines off the beach and a buncha other situations...along with pulling up bushes, stumps and whatever else I could hook the truck to and pull out and I never had a problem especially on grass not pulling the vehicle/object out and occasionally had issues with spinning a tire but the object of 4wd is to equally place your drive force to reduce loading up wheel (open diff) and spinning it instead of driving so if you pulled the car out without spinning the tires it did what you wanted it to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Standard transmission helps with that. With the auto, it only makes sense to be in 4lo. There's a lot less stress on everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 ahh yea that makes sense b/c the TC wouldn't be in full lockup it would still be slipping instead of getting all of the power power to the tranny and I guess theoretically you could put the converter in full stall where you don't get power to the wheels I know when I was selecting Allison trannies at my old job that was a big concern in the school busses in the grades they would be able to climb without putting the TC into stall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissyota88 Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 something sounds fishy about this whole thing...I rarely put my truck in 4lo and I have pulled many trucks out of mud holes ones with busted drive lines off the beach and a buncha other situations...along with pulling up bushes, stumps and whatever else I could hook the truck to and pull out and I never had a problem especially on grass not pulling the vehicle/object out and occasionally had issues with spinning a tire but the object of 4wd is to equally place your drive force to reduce loading up wheel (open diff) and spinning it instead of driving so if you pulled the car out without spinning the tires it did what you wanted it to do well.. it kinda did what i wanted it to do... i had to end up putting it in drive and throwin it in reverse to pull it out... I was towing it from the front so each car was facing eachother... would that unlcok the 4wd? and maybe i was just in 2lo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 No such thing, unless your hubs don't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 ehh well I guess you could have 2lo if you have manual hubs and they're not engaged or your auto's havent engaged yet or broke like 88 said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 If it was in 2 lo, you definitely would have spun tires. It was probably in 4HI, and you simply didn't have enough torque to pull the car, or break traction. Nothing else really makes sense, unless there's something seriously wrong with your truck, which I doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissyota88 Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 If it was in 2 lo, you definitely would have spun tires. It was probably in 4HI, and you simply didn't have enough torque to pull the car, or break traction. Nothing else really makes sense, unless there's something seriously wrong with your truck, which I doubt. its the driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 its the driver I'd guess that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissyota88 Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 It drove just fine when i was pulling it from behind me... i could even do it in 2wd... i tink it must have somthing to do with the reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Reverse is the first gear to go out in an auto if the tranny is about to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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