Lifting device for moving a rotor block arranged in a housing of an exhaust turbocharger along the axis of rotation of the rotor contained in the rotor block, comprising a cantilever which is provided for fastening to a vertical stop of a housing surrounding the rotor block, wherein the cantilever comprises a support frame with rails arranged thereon and a carriage guided on the rails, and a superstructure which is arranged on the carriage, wherein the superstructure comprises at least two vertically spaced fastening points (63, 66) for fastening the superstructure to the rotor block to be moved in the housing along the axial direction by means of the lifting device, and wherein the at least two fastening points (63, 66) are connected to the carriage via a C-shaped base support, wherein a support of the superstructure is two-part and comprises a rocker arm and a vertical fastening, wherein an axis of the rocker arm is oriented perpendicularly with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cantilever and horizontally, and wherein the vertical fastening comprises means for adjusting the orientation of the superstructure with respect to the cantilever, with the result that the angular position of the superstructure is adjustable around the axis of the rocker arm, wherein receiving devices (531, 532) for fastening the superstructure on the carriage, which can be fastened to a vertical stop of the rotor block, are arranged on the carriage, with the result that the superstructure can be moved by means of the carriage along the rails arranged on the support frame of the cantilever, wherein the at least two vertically spaced fastening points (63, 66) are connected via the C-shaped base support with the rocker arm and the vertical fastening, each of which is arranged horizontally spaced at different distances from the at least two vertically spaced fastening points (63, 66), wherein the superstructure is fastened by means of the rocker arm and the vertical fastening to the likewise horizontally spaced receiving devices (531, 532) of the carriage, and wherein an adjusting means of the vertical fastening is directly or indirectly connected fixedly to the C-shaped base support. a cantilever which is provided for fastening to a vertical stop of a housing surrounding the rotor block, wherein the cantilever comprises a support frame with rails arranged thereon and a carriage guided on the rails, and a superstructure which is arranged on the carriage, wherein the superstructure comprises at least two vertically spaced fastening points (63, 66) for fastening the superstructure to the rotor block to be moved in the housing along the axial direction by means of the lifting device, and wherein the at least two fastening points (63, 66) are connected to the carriage via a C-shaped base support, wherein a support of the superstructure is two-part and comprises a rocker arm and a vertical fastening, wherein an axis of the rocker arm is oriented perpendicularly with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cantilever and horizontally, and wherein the vertical fastening comprises means for adjusting the orientation of the superstructure with respect to the cantilever, with the result that the angular position of the superstructure is adjustable around the axis of the rocker arm, wherein receiving devices (531, 532) for fastening the superstructure on the carriage, which can be fastened to a vertical stop of the rotor block, are arranged on the carriage, with the result that the superstructure can be moved by means of the carriage along the rails arranged on the support frame of the cantilever, wherein the at least two vertically spaced fastening points (63, 66) are connected via the C-shaped base support with the rocker arm and the vertical fastening, each of which is arranged horizontally spaced at different distances from the at least two vertically spaced fastening points (63, 66), wherein the superstructure is fastened by means of the rocker arm and the vertical fastening to the likewise horizontally spaced receiving devices (531, 532) of the carriage, and wherein an adjusting means of the vertical fastening is directly or indirectly connected fixedly to the C-shaped base support.