I never used the 4wd system in my pathfinder and decided to briefly test it yesterday. Just out of curiosity and have some questions.
1) I went from 2H down to 4H (everything at a standstill, not moving) and then depressed the lever and went into N. Now, I was trying to come up back up 4H and it would grind. And then I tried going down to 4L and it made a slight grinding noise also. Scared the hell out of me.
Read the manual in the parking lot and it mentioned moving it quickly and firmly so I did it quick and fast and it went back to 4H.
So my question is, why do you have to do it quickly and with force? I would have never thought to do that without the manual.
2) When I was in N, I couldn't figure out the grinding so I put the pathfinder to P and it made a slight grinding noise also. Turned off the engine. What caused this? Was this harmful?
I eventually figured out everything and went back up to 2H and drove home, no issues.
Lift Question
3) I see a lot of 2" AC lift recommendations, but it seems outdated. Is AC a brand? Would this be the same as a 2" spacer kit that you can buy for like $100 where you put the spacer in the springs and get longer rear struts?
I have a wobble so I bought the upper and lower rear trailing arms. I figured if I'm going to replace that and undo the rear suspensions, I might as well slip a spacer in there and upgrade the struts. The fronts might be more of a hassle though.
Looking at these https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Nissan-Pathfinder-Terrano-Infiniti-QX4-2-5-2-Lift-Kit-R50-Platform/292292925320?fits=Year%3A2002%7CModel%3APathfinder&hash=item440e041788:g:REkAAOSwcUBYG5Wb&vxp=mtr