I spent now a few hours wrapping my head around this whole thing - aside from taking bits and pieces apart and straightening the front wheels I didn’t accomplish much. One thing I noticed was that when I turned the shaft on the power steering it feels like a big bearing filled with grease, heavy grease but nothing I would say it isn’t real resistance at all! And at the same time when I did that I ask myself, does it have a center position???!! I guess not….🤔
Digging into the NL version: