The manual steering system found on Jeeps built and sold before 1971 works just fine when properly maintained and not used in extreme ways. By that we mean with stock sized tires, and regular ...

The words "it's a great trail rig" and "this is my daily driver" are not typically part of the same conversation. Making any vehicle perform really well on the trail is something we all want, but ...

Your steering wheel should feel light and predictable, not noisy or strained. When the power steering pump starts to whine, ...

Drive a new Mustang, Challenger, or Corvette and then slide behind the wheel of a '60s muscle car and it takes about a minute to realize that ride quality, handling, and performance feel have evolved ...

A car’s power steering system is a mechanism that assists drivers in steering their vehicles. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of driving an old vehicle with manual steering, you know how much effort ...

Some of the biggest complaints from any truck owner still utilizing the stock suspension components are likely to stem from the steering system. The old worm and sector boxes under many an old truck ...

There is a war of hyperbolic statements among enthusiasts, waged both in the comment sections of websites and in the texts of articles. Not one of worldly significance or anything that’d affect our ...

At its most basic, power steering is a system that reduces the effort required of the driver to turn the steering wheel. Without power assist, the steering of most vehicles would be extremely heavy, ...

But did you ever take a moment to stop and think about power steering? The one thing many of us take for granted. This ‘must be there’ system has a rich history that spans more than a century, yet we ...

Seeing as many vehicles switched from hydraulic power steering to electric power steering by the mid-2000s, fewer and fewer cars have power-steering fluid anymore. (Only the hydraulic systems use ...

Modern vehicles rely on a host of fluids to send us down the road. Some, like engine oil and coolant, are well-known, while others, like differential fluid, are less-familiar to average motorists.