The Nissan Path

Hey there, time to change a front wheel bearing hub assembly.

RockAuto offers hubs for "4wd" and "4wd, AWD"

My initial thought was that one brand just bothered to add AWD to 4WD, but then I thought maybe it's a different hub if you have AWD option. I do have AWD option on my 2012 4.0L Pathfinder.

Does anyone know if there is a difference in front wheel bearing hub assemblies marked "4wd" vs "4wd, AWD" ?

TIA.

Justin

Never buy those sorts of parts by Make-Model-Year, that's a fool's errand. Go here...
https://www.nissanpartsdeal.com/
...and enter your VIN number into the system. NPD is a consortium of Nissan dealers and they have the same database and drawings as any dealer. Entering the VIN will only show you the parts which fit your vehicle. Get the correct Nissan part numbers for what you need, then use those in the parts search tab in RockAuto to locate direct-equivalents.

I'm the king of car recyclers, and it's obviously not for everyone.

I have almost 100k now, on my front hubs from a donor 2018 Frontier, that had 15K mile on it.
They were 100% perfect and installation is almost as easy as replacing the hub.
They are still perfect.

I paid $50 ($100 CAD for both) for the whole knuckle from finding a car recycler via Car-Part.com near by.

I still feel there's nothing better than OEM, even if it's a used OEM part with less that a year's use on it. It's factory installed and pictures online will easily tell you the condition of the vehicle.

Car-Part.com is another tool.

Enter your vehicle and type, and it will automatically match vehicles and parts, including hubs.

When I tried 2012SV, it did not differentiate (ask) for whether it is a 4WD or AWD.
up to 2019 Nissan Frontier has the same hub.

There are many "like new" hubs for $50 available to ship. It's a genuine Nissan part. It's going to fit. And it's going to work for a long long time.

Thanks guys! I see now all 2012 pathfinders were either 4x2 or AWD, so I'm splitting hairs, lol.

4WD and AWD front hubs are the same. RWD hubs are different in that they don't have a hole through them for the outer CV joint shaft. Timken makes the OE hubs for Nissan and you can get Timken wheel hubs from Rockauto for a lot less than from the Nissan dealer.