A steering gear assembly, comprising: a rack; a pinion shaft; a rack shoe having a rack shoe seating surface, the rack shoe being seated against the rack; a wear compensator assembly configured for exerting a predetermined biasing force on the rack and the pinion shaft, comprising: a cam member having a cam seating surface; a biasing member that is configured to exert the predetermined biasing force on the rack shoe and includes an opening, wherein the cam member includes a protrusion projecting outwardly from the cam seating surface and the opening of the biasing member is received by the protrusion, wherein the biasing member has specific load displacement characteristics, and the specific load displacement characteristics include a displacement requirement region that represents a target amount of compression the biasing member experiences based on the biasing member being assembled to the steering gear assembly; and an adjuster plug, wherein the adjuster plug includes at least one adjuster plug camming surface that is engaged with at least one camming surface of the cam member, wherein the at least one camming surface of the cam member includes an inclined surface, a step surface, and a trailing edge, and the at least one adjuster plug camming surface includes an inclined surface, a step surface that abuts the trailing edge of the at least one camming surface of the cam member, and a trailing edge that abuts the step surface of the at least one camming surface of the cam member, characterized in that the biasing member is located between the cam member and the rack shoe with a portion of the rack shoe abutting against the biasing member thereby compressing the biasing member by a predetermined amount between the cam seating surface of the cam member and the rack shoe seating surface. a rack; a pinion shaft; a rack shoe having a rack shoe seating surface, the rack shoe being seated against the rack; a wear compensator assembly configured for exerting a predetermined biasing force on the rack and the pinion shaft, comprising: a cam member having a cam seating surface; a biasing member that is configured to exert the predetermined biasing force on the rack shoe and includes an opening, wherein the cam member includes a protrusion projecting outwardly from the cam seating surface and the opening of the biasing member is received by the protrusion, wherein the biasing member has specific load displacement characteristics, and the specific load displacement characteristics include a displacement requirement region that represents a target amount of compression the biasing member experiences based on the biasing member being assembled to the steering gear assembly; and an adjuster plug, wherein the adjuster plug includes at least one adjuster plug camming surface that is engaged with at least one camming surface of the cam member, wherein the at least one camming surface of the cam member includes an inclined surface, a step surface, and a trailing edge, and the at least one adjuster plug camming surface includes an inclined surface, a step surface that abuts the trailing edge of the at least one camming surface of the cam member, and a trailing edge that abuts the step surface of the at least one camming surface of the cam member, characterized in that the biasing member is located between the cam member and the rack shoe with a portion of the rack shoe abutting against the biasing member thereby compressing the biasing member by a predetermined amount between the cam seating surface of the cam member and the rack shoe seating surface. a cam member having a cam seating surface; a biasing member that is configured to exert the predetermined biasing force on the rack shoe and includes an opening, wherein the cam member includes a protrusion projecting outwardly from the cam seating surface and the opening of the biasing member is received by the protrusion, wherein the biasing member has specific load displacement characteristics, and the specific load displacement characteristics include a displacement requirement region that represents a target amount of compression the biasing member experiences based on the biasing member being assembled to the steering gear assembly; and an adjuster plug, wherein the adjuster plug includes at least one adjuster plug camming surface that is engaged with at least one camming surface of the cam member, wherein the at least one camming surface of the cam member includes an inclined surface, a step surface, and a trailing edge, and the at least one adjuster plug camming surface includes an inclined surface, a step surface that abuts the trailing edge of the at least one camming surface of the cam member, and a trailing edge that abuts the step surface of the at least one camming surface of the cam member, characterized in that the biasing member is located between the cam member and the rack shoe with a portion of the rack shoe abutting against the biasing member thereby compressing the biasing member by a predetermined amount between the cam seating surface of the cam member and the rack shoe seating surface.