Hydraulic Power Steering Basics. Hydraulic power steering has been around for over 50 years. These systems have a pump, a cylinder, and a set of valves to control hydraulic fluid through them. The ...

With a hydraulic steering system, a 3-hp pump continuously produces the needed hydraulic pressure, but it also generates significant noise, depending upon the unit, usually between 6 and 10 dBm.

Your hydraulic power steering system can drain as much as 5-8 hp from your engine and cost you somewhere between 1-3 mpg of fuel. A hydraulic power steering unit consumes more energy than your car ...

Before hydraulic power steering (HPS) goes the way of the buggy whip, though, we wanted to understand the differences so we concocted this test. BMW conveniently offers both types of assist on 5 ...

Compiled here are a few of the key ideas and components of converting your 4x4 truck to a full hydraulic steering system with possible difference in orbitals, cylinders, and pumps. More in 4-Wheel ...

Except for the Alfa Romeo 4C and more obscure low-volume sports cars, all modern automobiles use power steering. Simply put, this is a system that uses electricity or hydraulic pressure to reduce ...

Back in November of 2010, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MEC) announced that it was actively developing what it claimed to be the "world's smallest and lightest" motor controller unit for ...

Experiments with hydraulic steering-control with the object of preventing or reducing shimmying and tramping were made by the author, who asserts that the elimination of backlash by doing away with ...