I like my live front end. No manual/auto shit to deal with. It's always locked in. Hit the 4x4 switch to engage the transfer case and good to go.
Oh you poor boy, that's even worse.
First, it means you have the weak IFS front end. Second, it means you have the even more unreliable electronic shift transfer case.
What do your front wheel bearings cost again? $150? $200?
I can buy all four of mine and the dust seals for about $50. And you probably go through four sets to every one I wear out.
Then there is all that horribly complicated process of actually completing a 4-low shift, and still the prayers and burnt sacrifices to the 4x4 gods every time you want to put some power to the front wheels.
I pull on a stick and it's in. Probably even takes less effort than finding the switch and turning it. For 4 low, I just slow down and pull farther. No neutral, brake pedal, stand on your head, pull your ear lobe and turn left three times on your right foot.