Power steering did not appear on cars right away, because the very first cars (and some modern cheap models in the basic configuration like ZAZ Chance) did not particularly need this element due to low speeds, low weight, small contact patch with the road (the first the tires were quite narrow). However, the automotive industry, including the truck industry, developed, and in the 30s of the last century, pneumatic power steering appeared on mining dump trucks. A little later, this idea “migrated” in the form of a hydraulic system to passenger cars. In the USA, the first power steering appeared on the Chrysler Crown Imperial in 1951, and in Europe - in 1954 on the Citroen DS 19. Power steering on the Niva appeared decades later.
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Like all the spare parts that I install on my car, I had an almost complete set of power steering for 3 years, but I couldn’t get around to installing it. And if on a car without a winch, due to my physical abilities, I could turn the wheels almost without problems, then with a winch everything became more complicated, I didn’t have enough hands to operate the winch, steering wheel and gear shift at the same time
