7.2.1. Steering

The car in standard equipment is equipped by the hydraulic amplifier of steering. The steering mechanism with the amplifier fastens on a cross beam on which suspension bracket levers are also mounted.

The tank for working liquid is installed on the right mudguard of a motive compartment. In standard execution the steering column is supplied with the steering wheel regulated on height.

The steering column has a number of functions of safety. They it can develop telescopicly in an emergency. At head-on collision first of all the movable device located between two universal hinges contracts. If collision so strong that the driver hits against a steering wheel (pressure the inflatable pillow of SPS perceives established as the standard equipment), a steering column breaks and telescopicly it develops still more at a guide.