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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Some vehicles available with power steering as an option instead of standard have different steering gears, with the non-assisted ones usually requiring more turns from lock to lock.
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That's true indeed.
However since most of us drive pretty lightweight vehicles on narrow tires, I think it wouldn't even be hard to drive with de-powered steering.
As an example:
My car has ~380 kg on the front axle and 185 mm wide tires in the front.
With the power steering (electro hydraulic) shut down, it's slightly heavier steering, but even for for someone with a built like mine it's not an issue at all.
I might depower the steering rack at some point if the power steering pump fails as replacements are ridiculously expensive and this car doesn't realy need it.