A hand-held power tool, comprising: a motor output shaft; a tool driver; a first and a second locking disc (20, 22); a thrust member (30, 32); and a torque-limiting unit with which a maximum torque transferred from said motor output shaft to said tool driver is adjustable by an operator, said torque-limiting unit including a spring system, said spring system including spring elements; wherein said spring system is held by said second locking disc and each spring element of the spring system is held between a pin of the second locking disc and a pin of said thrust member (30, 32), wherein the first locking disc is connected with the second locking disc via cams (38, 40), wherein said cams (38, 40) are built on each of said locking discs (20, 22), wherein if a torque applied to the tool driver reaches a selected maximum torque level, the second locking disc is deflected against the spring system by beveled flanks of said cams (38, 40), and the first locking disc can rotate against the second locking disc; wherein the spring elements are disposed between the second locking disc and said thrust member (30, 32); characterised in that said spring system comprise substantially similar spring elements generating different spring forces; wherein the second locking disc has different surfaces (22S, 22P) that contact the spring elements at the different surfaces (22S,22P) being different levels; wherein the thrust member (30, 32) has different surfaces (30S, 30P) that contact the spring elements at the different surfaces (30S, 30P) being different levels; wherein the distance between the surfaces (22S, 22P) on the second locking disc and the surfaces (30S, 30P) on the thrust member (30, 32) vary: wherein the spring elements are disposed between the different surfaces (22S, 22P) of the second locking disc and the different surfaces (30S, 30P) of the thrust member (30, 32) so that a spring element disposed between certain surfaces (22P, 30S) has an effective length that is shorter than a spring element disposed between other surfaces (22P, 30P). a motor output shaft; a tool driver; a first and a second locking disc (20, 22); a thrust member (30, 32); and a torque-limiting unit with which a maximum torque transferred from said motor output shaft to said tool driver is adjustable by an operator, said torque-limiting unit including a spring system, said spring system including spring elements; wherein said spring system is held by said second locking disc and each spring element of the spring system is held between a pin of the second locking disc and a pin of said thrust member (30, 32), wherein the first locking disc is connected with the second locking disc via cams (38, 40), wherein said cams (38, 40) are built on each of said locking discs (20, 22), wherein if a torque applied to the tool driver reaches a selected maximum torque level, the second locking disc is deflected against the spring system by beveled flanks of said cams (38, 40), and the first locking disc can rotate against the second locking disc; wherein the spring elements are disposed between the second locking disc and said thrust member (30, 32); characterised in that said spring system comprise substantially similar spring elements generating different spring forces; wherein the second locking disc has different surfaces (22S, 22P) that contact the spring elements at the different surfaces (22S,22P) being different levels; wherein the thrust member (30, 32) has different surfaces (30S, 30P) that contact the spring elements at the different surfaces (30S, 30P) being different levels; wherein the distance between the surfaces (22S, 22P) on the second locking disc and the surfaces (30S, 30P) on the thrust member (30, 32) vary: wherein the spring elements are disposed between the different surfaces (22S, 22P) of the second locking disc and the different surfaces (30S, 30P) of the thrust member (30, 32) so that a spring element disposed between certain surfaces (22P, 30S) has an effective length that is shorter than a spring element disposed between other surfaces (22P, 30P).