Opinions on repro rosewood steering wheel?

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------Is it possible that these cracked wheels suffer from a lack of power steering? Without PS you really tug and pull at these wheels. Maybe minute cracks that you cant see are made from this overstressing and these just get worse as time goes along? Am I off base here? Even a car with PS and a plastic wheel could suffer over the years from this kind of stress. One trip thru downtown Detroit can produce enough road-rage to ruin a perfectly good wheel........Bill S