Method for setting a preload force value in a system, said system comprising a shaft, a housing part and two bearings (1, 2) as well as a fixing element, namely a shaft nut, wherein a first bearing (1, 2) is accommodated in the housing part and a second bearing (1, 2) is accommodated in the housing part, wherein the shaft is rotatably mounted by means of the first and second bearing (1, 2), wherein, by means of the fixing element, the shaft can be axially positioned relative to the inner ring of the second bearing (1, 2), wherein the axis of rotation of the shaft is the axial direction, wherein, in the axial direction, the fixing element is arranged on the side of the second bearing (1, 2) facing away from the first bearing (1, 2), characterized in that in a first method step, with the fixing element loose, an axially directed force - is introduced onto that end face of the shaft that is arranged on the side of the first bearing (1, 2) facing away from the second bearing (1, 2) and facing away from the fixing element, wherein the fixing element therefore does not touch the second bearing (1, 2) and/or does not introduce any significant force into the second bearing (1, 2), wherein the magnitude of the force is equal to the preload force value, wherein in the first method step the relative position, that is to say the displacement value, brought about by the introduced force and determined in the axial direction - is determined between the housing part and the end face of the shaft, wherein in a second method step the axial force is not introduced, that is to say the introduction of the axial force is terminated, wherein the determined relative position is set by means of the fixing element, that is to say the fixing element is actuated or adjusted in such a way that the determined relative position is set. wherein a first bearing (1, 2) is accommodated in the housing part and a second bearing (1, 2) is accommodated in the housing part, wherein the shaft is rotatably mounted by means of the first and second bearing (1, 2), wherein, by means of the fixing element, the shaft can be axially positioned relative to the inner ring of the second bearing (1, 2), wherein the axis of rotation of the shaft is the axial direction, wherein, in the axial direction, the fixing element is arranged on the side of the second bearing (1, 2) facing away from the first bearing (1, 2), characterized in that in a first method step, with the fixing element loose, an axially directed force - is introduced onto that end face of the shaft that is arranged on the side of the first bearing (1, 2) facing away from the second bearing (1, 2) and facing away from the fixing element, - is introduced onto that end face of the shaft that is arranged on the side of the first bearing (1, 2) facing away from the second bearing (1, 2) and facing away from the fixing element, wherein the fixing element therefore does not touch the second bearing (1, 2) and/or does not introduce any significant force into the second bearing (1, 2), wherein the magnitude of the force is equal to the preload force value, wherein in the first method step the relative position, that is to say the displacement value, brought about by the introduced force and determined in the axial direction - is determined between the housing part and the end face of the shaft, - is determined between the housing part and the end face of the shaft, wherein in a second method step the axial force is not introduced, that is to say the introduction of the axial force is terminated, wherein the determined relative position is set by means of the fixing element, that is to say the fixing element is actuated or adjusted in such a way that the determined relative position is set.