Try keyframe animating it using "C_Wheel" as the name and 100-200 as the keyframes.  Rotation should be clockwise (looking down on it) and you MIGHT want to mark frames at 133, 166 and then 200.  This way, you can be absolutely sure the animations are correct.

If this doesn't work for you, just rotate the pivot 180 degrees and animate as normal.  That should take care of the issue.

I believe I finally discovered the reason for this problem.  My nosegear is too detailed.  I stripped some of the parts off and it then worked as it should.