Steering system, in particular for use in commercial vehicles, having a base body and a retaining element, wherein the retaining element is manufactured as a separate component from the base body, the base body having a contact surface on the base body side and the retaining element having a contact surface on the retaining side, wherein the base body has a bearing area for a pivotable suspension at its first distal end, wherein the contact surface on the base body side is arranged at the end of the base body opposite the first distal end, wherein the retaining element has a fastening section for fastening a spring element, wherein the retaining element is fixed directly to the base body by means of an adhesive introduced between the contact surface on the base body side and the contact surface on the retaining side, characterized in that a) the contact surface on the base body side is larger than the contact surface on the holding side, so that the holding element can be fixed at a plurality of different positions on the base body, and/or b) an axle body with an axle-side contact surface is provided, the base body being fixed directly to the axle body by means of an adhesive introduced between the contact surface on the base body side and the contact surface on the axle side, and the retaining element being fixed to the axle body by means of an adhesive introduced between the contact surface on the axle side and the contact surface on the retaining side. having a base body and a retaining element, wherein the retaining element is manufactured as a separate component from the base body, the base body having a contact surface on the base body side and the retaining element having a contact surface on the retaining side, wherein the base body has a bearing area for a pivotable suspension at its first distal end, wherein the contact surface on the base body side is arranged at the end of the base body opposite the first distal end, wherein the retaining element has a fastening section for fastening a spring element, wherein the retaining element is fixed directly to the base body by means of an adhesive introduced between the contact surface on the base body side and the contact surface on the retaining side, characterized in that a) the contact surface on the base body side is larger than the contact surface on the holding side, so that the holding element can be fixed at a plurality of different positions on the base body, and/or b) an axle body with an axle-side contact surface is provided, the base body being fixed directly to the axle body by means of an adhesive introduced between the contact surface on the base body side and the contact surface on the axle side, and a) the contact surface on the base body side is larger than the contact surface on the holding side, so that the holding element can be fixed at a plurality of different positions on the base body, and/or b) an axle body with an axle-side contact surface is provided, the base body being fixed directly to the axle body by means of an adhesive introduced between the contact surface on the base body side and the contact surface on the axle side, and the retaining element being fixed to the axle body by means of an adhesive introduced between the contact surface on the axle side and the contact surface on the retaining side.