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Remember an actual dedicated manual steering apparatus tends to have around double the mechanical advantage as a powered unit.
Now adays its almost impossible to turn the steering wheel on a power steering car because most OEMs use approximately between 12 and 14:1 gearing and a 14 or 15 inch steering wheel.
In the days of manual steering the mechanical advantage of the steering apparatus was about 25:1 and the steering wheels were big, typically around 18 inches in diameter.
I am running my 3/4 ton suburban with the belt off the P/S pump. It has most of the weight of a camery on the front axle and I am doing alright.
The people saying that the camery is dangerous with no P/S are just completely ignorant of the situation or have the upper body strength of a tea cup poodle.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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