Can you elaborate on what "feeling" you're missing? The Power-Steering affects the ease that you can turn the wheel. Is the steering wheel now "heavy" feeling? Or is it too light and over-assisted? If the latter, you probably had problems long enough that you didn't notice the lack of assist.

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