2007-12-14 15:04:06 · 5 answers · asked by max 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
it consists of a pump and a hydraulic piston and a valve to control the piston it uses hydraulic power to assist in the steering control making it easier to turn the wheels especially at low speeds kiko and country are completely wrong
2007-12-14 15:12:34 · answer #1 · answered by jman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Power steering is a hydraulic pump (or sometimes, electric actuators) which helps in turning the front (or all four, in cars with 4 wheel steering) wheels right or left in response to the steering wheel.
In a car without power steering, all the force for turning the wheels comes from the steering wheel.
This can be a good thing, in a lightweight sports car, where the wheels aren't very heavy and there isn't a lot of weight on them, since it isn't any harder than with power steering, and it provides better feedback.
In a truck or a van or a large car, however, you want power steering in the worst kind of way.
2007-12-14 23:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A vehicle without power steering is a muscle builder. The assist that power steering provides may mean the difference in making it thru a emergency driving episode
2007-12-15 07:26:36 · answer #3 · answered by dlc940268 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the power steering of a car is the engine
2007-12-14 23:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by kiko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has something to do with your engine..................try turining your steering wheel with the engine off................
2007-12-14 23:12:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋