At 10:11 AM 4/18/2011, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >Remember when cars the size of the Prius simply did not have power >steering? My Toyota pickup, 1993 model, did not have power >steering. Simply not equipped. I managed it fine. I used to >consider power steering simply another thing to break. My '84 manual-steering Westy was perfectly reasonable with 185-series tires and a real bear with 205-series. When I got the '89 I expected to run it without P/S rather than fix the leaking pipe and put 185-series tires on in consequence; steering effort was higher because of the smaller wheel and different leverage at the steering knuckle, but still within reason; however concern for the U-joint in the steering linkage prompted me to go back to P/S. It certainly makes parking on a hot day a less sweaty exercise. Like brakes, vehicles with power-assisted systems are set up differently than those with manual systems. The advantages of these setup changes come back to bite you when you lose the assist... Yrs, d |
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