A car question, read on you might know!?

Question

well see it's about an El camino when you put it in park the wheels WILL NOT MOVE... but when you lift it up the wheels WILL MOVE PERFECTLY! acutely it's with any rear wheel drive car.

Answer 1

Your question isn't clear at all.

Answer 2

Yes, the wheels will move, but the DRIVE SHAFT will not! The wheels will turn due to the configuration of the rear planetary gears which enable the vehicle to turn corners (one tire will always roll faster/slower that the opposite when cornering).

Answer 3

When the shift lever is in "Park" the parking pawl inside the transmission locks the trans output shaft. When you lift the rear wheels off the ground they will turn because the ring and pinion gear have what they call spider gears that compensate for wheel travel on turns which allows each wheel to be "free" even though the trans is still locked at the output shaft. You'll notice that as you turn one of the wheels clockwise the opposite side wheel will be turning the opposite direction because of the said spider gears.  

Answer 4

If you look, you will see while you turn one tire one way the other turns the other way.  But, in park, the drive shaft doesn't turn at all, which keeps the car from moving.  That's normal for most cars with a rear end and ring gears.

Answer 5

this is because its a open differentil(sp?). google it. hard to explain.  

Answer 6

It is completely normal

Answer 7

I'm confused...are you saying that when you put the vehicle on jack stands you can freely rotate all 4 tires while the vehicle is in park or are you just referring to the front tires?