A car wheel is attached to an axle. If the car is RWD, the rear wheel axle will be connected to the engine and the front wheels not be. In a 4WD or FWD car the front axle, with a ball joint to allow steering, will also be connected to the engine via a torque tube and a geared differential.
Do you mean how do wheels rotate or how do you rotate the wheels? If you mean how do wheels rotate see above answer. If you mean how do you rotate wheels you'll have to see your particular vehicles ownership manual. They either rotate with a straight swap of left front to left rear and vice versa and same on the right side. Or left front to right right rear and vice versa with the right front then moving both the rear wheels to the front on their respective sides. Or left rear to right front and vice versa with the right rear then moving both front wheels to the rear on their respective sides.
A four wheel car can drive on two wheels. There are 1/4 mile drag cars that can do the 1/4 mile on just the two rear wheels. There are stunt car drivers that can drive a car on just the drivers side or passenger side wheels.
Most modern passenger cars have split axles--which means that the wheels on each side are attached to separate shafts. This allows the left and right wheels to rotate at different speeds as the car turns, improving traction and tire life. A straight axle is just a straight bar, like the ones you'd find on a little red wagon...
the wheels were painted the same color as the car.
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Unless a brake is engaged, the wheels on a car in neutral can rotate backwards. If the car is in gear, wheels attached to the power train probably will only rotate backwards if the car is in reverse gear. If it is in forward gear or "park" they should not rotate backwards. Wheels not connected to the power train should be able to rotate either direction.
While turning, the inside wheels take a shorter path than the outer wheels so they must rotate at different speeds.
The axle prevents them doing so.
-- The steering wheel inside my car -- The hour-hand and minute-hand on the car's clock -- The car's four outside wheels
If you mean like an airplane without wings, there's air resistance, friction between the wheels and the ground, and the axle on which the wheels rotate.
The wheels of a vehicle may rotate in different directions if they have a system that is called "spur-gear differential." Pinion pairs are displaced axially, and mesh part of the length between two spur gears, results in rotation in opposite directions.
They rotate and can be braked, just like auto wheels. Nose wheels can be steered.
Cars have circular wheels to move the easiest. Because of the circle's shape, the wheels can rotate easily. If they were not circles, it would take a great amount of work and energy to get the wheel to rotate.
Usually the back wheels are the ones connected to the engine, providing the power to rotate the tracks, and these are the drive wheels. The rest are bogey wheels.
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