Steering

Those who know vehicles believe the steering system may be the most vital component of them all. Perhaps you’ve found over the years your steering has gotten loose. Or maybe suddenly, your steering wheel has gotten very hard to turn. Let’s steer you in the direction of understanding why this may be happening. First, loose…

Service to a vehicle’s power steering system is part of preventive maintenance for  TIGARD auto owners. This system provides power to the steering wheel so you can turn it with ease. Without power steering, all of the power to turn your vehicle’s wheels would have to come from you. The central element of most power steering…

Have you ever driven a vehicle without power steering? If you have, then you probably appreciate how much easier it is to drive today’s modern vehicles. Before power steering, all of the force to turn a vehicle had to come from the driver’s arms. That’s why old cars had such large steering wheels: they needed…

Virtually all vehicles come with power steering, so many TIGARD drivers have never driven a car or truck without it. Power steering assists you when you turn your vehicle steering wheel. Without it, it would be very hard to steer. Now this power assist comes in a couple of forms. In recent years, a lot of vehicles…

Today we’re going to talk about power steering service in TIGARD. If you took an informal poll around TIGARD you’d probably find that most vehicle owners have never heard of power steering service. That’s not surprising. Even though power steering is standard on every vehicle, most people in TIGARD aren’t aware that it needs periodic…

Most TIGARD drivers are too young to remember life before power steering – cranking those great big steering wheels! It was a pretty good workout. Now power steering is standard. Let’s look at how it works. The heart of any power steering system is its pump. The pump pressurizes the power steering fluid that provides…