That is an old style of saying that a wheel is low offset rear w/drive like a old car or hi offset front w/drive like a new Honda civic.
In front wheel drive the traction comes from the front wheels while in rear wheel drive traction power comes from the rear wheels.
Which wheels provide motive power.
To get a car to move the power from the engine has to be transferred to at least two of the cars wheels on the same axle. If these two wheels are at the front then the car is a front wheel drive, if the two wheels are at the back then it is a rear wheel drive. Some modern cars however now have mechanisms that deliver power to all four of the wheels at once, this is a four wheel or all wheel drive.
All wheel drive means all 4 wheels are driving the vehicle. RWD means only the rear wheels are driving the vehicle, and FWD means only the front wheels are driving the vehicle.
A front wheel drive vehicle is only driven with the front wheels. It will have a transmission in the front with drive lines attached. A two wheel drive vehicle is any vehicle that is only driven by two wheels. It can be a front or rear wheel vehicle. For instance. My dodge ram 1500 v6 is two wheel drive from the rear. An Oldsmobile cutlas cirea is two wheel drive but in the front. I hope this helped. Derek
The front wheels are the drive wheels on most lift trucks.
The front wheels on a fork lift are load bearing and the drive wheels.
The front wheels are the drive wheels and carry the weight of the payload.
More weight over the drive wheels = better traction with front wheel drive.
AWD= All wheels pull all the time, but in a 4x4= its a rear wheel drive until the driver choses to ingage the front axel.
front struts go behind the wheels and in the front and rear shocks go in the back
A front axle holds the front wheels on and on front-wheel drive vehicles transmits engine torque to the wheels. --Ken